200 MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



" The uniformity of the findings of all these investigators is inspiring and 

 convincing, their conclusions being that, conservatively estimated, twenty- five 

 per cent, of all cases of tuberculosis under 16 years of age is of the bovine type. 

 It is apparent then that tuberculosis, as contracted from cows through the 

 medium of their milk, exists in children to a degree that cannot be longer 

 disregarded by Departments of Public Health, and demands immediate action. 



To attempt to remove this danger of bovine tuberculosis by excluding from 

 dairy herds all cattle suffering from tuberculosis would mean a milk famine, 

 the cost would be prohibitive, and even then the milk would not be safe without 

 pasteurization." 



The report then refers to typhoid fever, scarlet fever, and diphtheria, 

 as follows: 



"(2) TYPHOID FEVER. 



The following table has been taken from a pamphlet recently issued by 

 Dr. Charles E. North, Consulting Sanitary Expert, and Secretary of the Com- 

 mission on Milk Standards, New York City* 



This table represents a few only of the 317 outbreaks of typhoid fever 

 traced to raw milk : 



Glasgow, Scotland 500 cases from one raw milk supply. 



Cologne, Germany 270 



Port Jervis, N. Y 59 " 



Springfield, Mass 182 " 



Oakland, Cal 262 " 



Montclair, N. J 107 " 



Stamford, Conn 307 



These would have been prevented by pasteurizing the milk. 



(3) SCARLET FEVER. 



125 epidemics of scarlet fever traced to raw milk supply, of which the fol- 

 lowing are a few examples : 



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



Washington, D. C 33 " 



London, England 284 " " " " 



Beverley, Mass 6 " " " " 



Liverpool, England 59 " " " " 



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



Boston, Mass 195 " 



Pasteurization is the only means by which this danger can be eliminated. 



(4) DIPHTHERIA. 



51 epidemics of diphtheria have been examined of which the following are 

 a few illustrations: 



Brooklyn, N. Y 12 cases from one raw m Ik supply. 



Los Angeles, Cal 35 " " " 



Wellsvale, N. Y 84 " 



Clinton, Ohio 36 " 



Highpark, Mass 69 " 



Warwick, R. 1 64 



No epidemics have thus far ever been traced to pasteurized milk. 



