NEW YORK MILK COMMITTEE 159 



General market milk is a far more important problem be- 

 fore the public than obtaining clinically clean milk by the doc- 

 tor because it is through the market milk that epidemics come 

 about, and it is by this means that morbidity is established. 

 We should have no conflict. Let us clearly understand the 

 function of the municipal Board of Health with respect to the 

 milk problem, the special function of the Medical Milk Com- 

 mission and the function of a citizens' committee. 



The greatest duty is where there is greatest need and that 

 is where the question touches the interests of the masses. 



To summarize: The problem of getting clean and safe 

 market milk is to be solved by 



A. Requiring the dealer to pay the farmer a living price for 

 his milk and for the work necessary to make it clean. 



B. Making it a municipal function to educate the dairyman 

 in efficient methods of dairy hygiene. 



C. A rigid and continuous enforcement, through score-card 

 inspection, of necessary rules in dairy hygiene and the exclu- 

 sion of causes of disease in either workmen or animals. 



I am glad to learn that this conference has already taken 

 the step which will establish a permanent committee to study 

 these problems and accomplish results, and I congratulate you 

 upon the success of the meetings that have preceded this one 

 to-night. 



THE CHAIRMAN: I have great pleasure in introducing to you 

 George M. Whitaker, Acting Chief of the Dairy Division of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, who will speak to you 

 on "Milk Standards and How to Enforce Them." 



MR. WHITAKER spoke as follows: 



MILK STANDARDS AND HOW TO ENFORCE THEM 



MR. CHAIRMAN AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: The Chair- 

 man set the example in criticising the printed program, arid 

 I will follow his example by saying that I am not Acting Chief 

 of the Dairy Division, but only Chief of a sub-division which 

 has to do with market milk the market milk section, so-called. 



When Dr. Wile asked Secretary Wilson to be here to-day 

 and the Secretary deputized me to represent him, in a way, 

 the subject assigned to me to speak upon was "Milk Standards 

 and How to Enforce Them." In listening to the excellent pro- 



