28 THE MODERN MILK PROBLEM 



E. Raw Milk Causes Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria. 



One hundred and twenty-five epidemics of scarlet fever 

 due to milk have been collected by Trask. A few examples 

 are as follows: 



Scarlet Fever 



Buffalo, N. Y. 57 cases from one raw milk supply 



Washington, D. C. 33 " " " " 



London, England 284 " " " " " " 



Beverly, Mass. 6 " " " " " " 



Liverpool, England 59 " " " " " " 



Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 45 " " " " " 



Boston, Mass. 195 " " " " " 



Diphtheria 



Fifty-one epidemics collected by Trask. A few to illus- 

 trate: 



Brookline, Mass. 12 cases from one raw milk supply 



Los Angeles, Cal. 35 " " " " " 



Wellsville, N. Y. 84 " " " " " 



Clifton, Ohio 36 " " " " " 



Hyde Park, Mass. 69 " " " " " 



Warwick, R. I. 64 " " " " " 



It would be interesting to know exactly what relative 

 part is played by milk in the transmission of com- 

 municable diseases. Exaggerated statements are made 

 by well-meaning but uninformed persons, and the im- 

 pression is sometimes given that milk is little if at all 

 short of a poison. This is deplorable, for the truth is 

 that milk is, on the whole, an exceedingly valuable food 

 even though, under wrong conditions, a source of 

 danger. Exactly how great this danger is ; as com- 



