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the co-operation of the Health Officer there, and here I got samples of 

 blood, stool and urine from the farmer on this milk farm and from his 

 daughter. Both of them gave a history of being sick ; the father had had 

 stomach trouble for several months previous, it was so diagnosed, and 

 the daughter had just rallied from an attack of pneumonia. Both of these 

 people were just alive with typhoid germs and this same peculiar strain. 

 We brought these samples back to Rochester and established the fact that 

 those two organisms were identical. I made a note of the location of 

 cow barns and the privy house ; the privy was mid way between the cow 

 barn and the kitchen, and I have not the slightest doubt that there could 

 be no question but what the filthiness of this farmer and the disease were 

 connected. I made an estimate of the expense involved at the time to 

 this little tailor's family and the other expense involved, and there was a 

 loss of at least four thousand dollars in that one instance, doctor bills, 

 nurse bills and so on. 



Q. Do you consider that there is a common danger of that kind 

 from raw milk delivered ? 



A. I do. 



Q. By small dealers? 



A. By all dealers, large and small. 



Q. Do you think that Rochester is exposed to such dangers through 

 the raw milk it receives? 



A. I do. 



Q. Does that include other diseases besides typhoid? 



A. Yes, other diseases. 



Q. What do you think ought to be done to make that milk safe? 



A. Well, I pasteurize the milk in my home before I use it. 



Q. Do you recommend that all citizens of Rochester should pas- 

 teurize the milk in their homes? 



A. I do, at the present time, because there is no regulation requiring 

 its being pasteurized. 



Q. Would you be in favor of a regulation requiring that it should 

 be properly pasteurized ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. By the dealer? 



A. Yes, under municipal supervision. 



Q. Do you think that it would lead to the advantage of the citizens 

 of Rochester from a public health standpoint, if Rochester had a regula- 

 tion requiring the pasteurization of all its milk ? 



A. I do. 



Q. Do you know approximately how much of the milk supply of 

 Rochester is pasteurized at present ? 



