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perhaps by Stephen Francisco, cooperating with the Essex 

 County Milk Commission, headed by Dr. Coit, father of certi- 

 fied milk. The Board of Health of Montclair composed of un- 

 usually enlightened men, has employed during the past six years 

 a succession of health officers trained by Professor Sedgwick 

 of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Together they 

 have carried on a milk campaign which has accomplished great 

 results. Four chief weapons have been used: (1) A rigid 

 dairy inspection and scoring by the score card system. (2) 

 Regular bacteriological examinations and a bacteriological 

 standard to which the milk must conform. (3) The compul- 

 sory tuberculin testing of dairy cattle. (4) The regular pub- 

 lication of the results of dairy inspections, bacteriological 

 analyses and tuberculin tests with the names of milk dealers so 

 that the citizens could know the character of the herd, the 

 character of the dairy, and the character of the milk sold by 

 each dealer. Of the four measures used perhaps the publicity 

 is the greatest. The results of this campaign are as follows : 

 Six years ago there were 33 milk dealers and only one herd of 

 tuberculin tested cattle. 32 dealers sold milk for 8c. and some 

 of them for 7c. One dealer sold milk for 12c. To-day, there 

 are only 11 milk dealers. 20 have fallen by the wayside, and 

 if they are still in business are furnishing milk which Mont- 

 clair has discarded to neighboring towns. Of the 11 dealers 

 to-day, 8 sell tuberculin tested milk, & have failed to have their 

 herds tested and proceedings are taken against them by the 

 Board of Health. The price of milk has advanced during the 

 six years so that now the average price in Montclair is lOc. 

 per quart. 



I want to read you the reports of the bacteriological analy- 

 ses made of the milk of these 13 dealers, averaged from the 

 monthly analyses of the last six months. Each bacterial count 

 represents an individual dealer : 4650 ; 5933; 6267; 11,100; 

 23,867; 25,167; 31,333; 34,200; 50,417; 79,833; 84,200; 

 288,117. The question of pasteurization has not yet become 

 an issue in Montclair because of their success in securing tu- 

 berculin tested milk. 



The following cities in this country have ordinances requir- 

 ing the tuberculin testing of cattle whose milk is to be sold in 

 a raw condition : Chicago ; Milwaukee ; Minneapolis ; New 



