86 Agricultural Bacteriology. 



Unclean milk not to enter the city of Chicago. All 

 milk entering the city of Chicago and all milk sold, of- 

 fered for sale, or received with the intention of selling or 

 offering for sale must be clean, wholesome and uninfected 

 with disease germs or anything liable to convey and 

 transmit disease. 



Unclean milk Defined. All milk produced on farms 

 or prepared, handled or otherwise treated on the prem- 

 ises or in places where the rules of the department are 

 violated shall be declared unclean, unwholesome and in- 

 fected. The sale of or offering for sale of such milk is 

 prohibited. 



Unclean milk condemned. All unclean, unwhole- 

 some or infected milk shall be condemned for human 

 food. Such milk shall be returned to the producer and 

 tagged with the "Department Condemned" tag and con- 

 demnation slip shall be mailed to the shipper at once ; if, 

 following this, the said producer or shipper again sends, 

 into the city unclean, unwholesome or infected milk, the 

 same shall be condemned and rendered unfit for human 

 food, by coloring or otherwise treating, or shall be poured 

 into the sewer. 



Condition and care of cows. The cows must be 

 healthy and free from tuberculosis. If an examination 

 by the dairy inspector shows evidence of excessive ema- 

 ciation, glandular enlargement, nodular formations, mas- 

 titis, tumor, recent parturition, cough, dyspnoea, fever, 

 pneumonia, exhaustion, lock jaw, black leg, anthrax, 

 hemorrhagic septicemia, or any other infectious disease, 

 or any evidence of tuberculosis, the milk of the herd shall 

 be declared infected until the unhealthy cow or cows 

 have been removed and until an acceptable statement 



