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promised me to keep within the time limit, and I have a surprise 

 for you at the end of the session, so you will please remain in your 

 seats. It gives me great pleasure to introduce Dr. G. Lloyd Ma- 

 gruder, of Washington. 



DR. MAGRUDER spoke as follows: 



THE NECESSITY OF A CONFERENCE FOR THE IM- 

 PROVEMENT OF THE NATIONAL MILK SUPPLY 



MR. CHAIRMAN, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : Dr. Coit and 

 I have gone along together in this crusade for good milk. He 

 happens to have ante-dated me one year. He commenced in 

 189S and I commenced in 1894. We have worked for results 

 together from that time until the present time, and, fortu- 

 ately, we have had some magnificent results. 



The action of the "New York Milk Committee" in calling 

 this conference for the consideration of measures for the im- 

 provement of the National Milk Supply is to be highly com- 

 mended. The accumulated facts as to the dissemination of 

 diseases by dairy products, and the methods of prevention are 

 now sufficient to warrant the prompt adoption of standards and 

 regulations that can be universally applied. 



The repeated outbreaks of milk-borne diseases and the high 

 infant mortality during this past year augments the urgency 

 for this action. The present outbreak of typhoid fever at the 

 U. S. Naval Academy is the most recent incident of milk in- 

 fection. The U. S. Military Academy at West Point had a 

 similar experience in 1903. This is the more regretable, be- 

 cause with the proper precautions which are now available, 

 many of these incidents could have been avoided. 



Being a general practitioner of medicine, I have been deeply 

 interested in the sanitary affairs of the City of Washington. 

 This interest has been accentuated by the fact that I have been 

 repeatedly consulted as to the dangers of contracting typhoid 

 fever by persons contemplating a residence in Washington. I 

 have participated in and watched the campaign for Pure Milk 

 since 1894?. Much study has been given to this subject and 

 many most valuable publications have been issued. It may 

 serve a useful purpose to briefly review some of the work done 

 in Washington and point out some of the conditions that still 

 exist there and elsewhere. 



More detailed accounts of the efforts for pure water and 



