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which 7 per cent, was produced within 10 miles of the city, 38.8 per cent, 

 within 10 to 20 miles, and 28.8 per cent, within 20 to 30 miles. One per 

 cent, of the milk was sold at the stores. At the present time all milk 

 except certified and class A milk is pasteurized in 66 milk plants of which 

 56 use the vat system and 10 the continuous. Philadelphia consumes 

 540,000 qt. of milk daily, Baltimore 137,000, St. Louis 125,000 and New 

 Orleans 80,000. 



Annual Reports. The annual reports of the milk inspection bureaus 

 broadly speaking are of two types. One is little more than a statement 

 to the tax-payers of the cost of conducting the work. The number of 

 employees and the total amounts of their salaries are given, and also 

 the number of inspections, chemical and bacteriological analyses, a sum- 

 mary of their results, etc., appears in tabular form. Frequently such 

 reports form part of a town report or of some municipal officer and are 

 tucked away inconspicuously therein. They are of little value to the 

 ordinary man. The other type appeals to milk consumers in general 

 and aims to advance the interests of producers, retailers and the public. 

 Such reports are published separately; they should always contain a plain 

 statement of the location of the milk-producing area and of how the milk 

 is brought to the city. Where there are several milk-producing districts 

 the source of each dealer's supply should be indicated. It would seem 

 almost unnecessary to mention this but one may peruse report after report 

 and not find a hint as to where the milk comes from. It should be told 

 how much milk of different classes is used, as, for instance, of the certified, 

 the inspected and the ordinary milk. The requirements for pasteurized 

 milk, the mode of enforcing them and the amount of such milk used 

 should be stated. If the milk is graded, the grades should be defined 

 and the quantities of each used should be made known. In the smaller 

 cities a brief description of each dealer's supply can be given. An en- 

 deavor should be made to present analytical results in such form that 

 they will be intelligible to people who use the milk. The writer firmly 

 believes that the dealers should be rated on the basis of the quality of the 

 milk sold during the year and that in making up this rating the dairy 

 scores, the butterfat, content of the milk and the bacterial counts, should 

 all be taken into account. The reports may well treat of some feature 

 of milk supply such as the necessity of keeping milk cool, the abuse of 

 milk bottles, the value of milk as a food or the like. Any particular defect 

 of the supply may be discussed with the public or some commendable 

 feature may be dwelt on. Often an account of what inspectors are doing 

 tends to lead the public to appreciate their services. 



The Public Milk Supply. In conclusion, it may be said that an 

 impure raw milk supply is a source of disease and death to the com- 

 munity that uses it. Its victims are chiefly the women and children 

 because they partake of milk most freely. Such milk is not the cause 



