REPORT OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL MILK 



COMMISSION. 



Alameda, Cal., April .16, 1910. 

 President and Members, California Milk Commission, 



Dear Sirs A little over a year ago the Alameda County Medical 

 Society took up the "Certified Milk" work theretofore done by the 

 "Home Club" of Oakland. The Society appointed a milk commis- 

 sion consisting of five (5) members and gave this commission full 

 power to act. 



The Commission chose for its experts Dr. A. R. Ward, State 

 Bacteriologist, and Professor M. E. Jaffa, State Chemist, who 

 ren'der frequent reports on the conditions of the herds and dairies; 

 on the methods of producing and handling the milk and on the 

 quality and purity of the milk itself. 



We now issue certificates to two dairies, "Walnut Grove Dairy," 

 of Santa Clara County, and "Timm's Dairy," of Dixon. 



The expenses of the chemical bacteriological and veterinary in- 

 spections are paid for by the dairymen ; while the running expenses 

 of the Commission are covered by the receipts from the sale of 

 certificates. These certificates are sold for $1.25 per 1,000, or one 

 eighth of a cent a piece. 4 



We find this sufficient to pay all our expenses and to leave us a 

 balance on hand of $193. 



At present these two dairies are delivering daily in Alameda 36 

 quarts, in Berkeley 264 quarts, and in Oakland 830 quarts, a total of 

 1,130 quarts daily. 



We have endeavored to keep our requirements for "Certified 

 Milk" in accord with those of the Milk Commission of the San 

 Francisco Medical Society, so that the requirements of the Com- 

 missions about the Bay of San Francisco would be uniform. 



The milk situation in Alameda County is very good; but great 

 progress can be made by a continuous campaign of education- 

 education of the physician as well as of the consumer. 



We are now issuing educational pamphlets to be distributed by 

 the dairies and by the Women's Clubs of the county. 



The Commission does not recognize "Inspected Milk or Pasteur- 

 ized Milk." It recognizes "Certified Milk" only. 



Yours truly, 



J. K. HAMILTON, 

 Secretary Milk Commission, Alameda County Medical Society. 



Bay Station, Alameda. 



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