218 MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



Q. You would kill them? 



A. No, it might contaminate them. It may kill a lot more people, 

 and it may put off the evil day, as it doubtless does. Witness this hear- 

 ing. I don't mean this is the evil day. This is one of the best milk days 

 Rochester has had. 



Q. What do you think ought to be done, if anything, to the regula- 

 tions here in Rochester in order to improve the supply of milk? 



A. Well, there are only some small though important changes in 

 the regulations: those regulations for temperature, of the milk coming 

 in; the regulation for a tubercular test; the better enforcement of the 

 regulations relating to the cleanliness of dairies, so that one might bring 

 it so that there were only two or three or ten per cent, that were below. 

 Then, of course, the introduction of the ordinance for pasteurization. 



In order to clear up any doubt in the minds of the Health Officers 

 of the State of New York as to what is meant by the term, "pasteuriza- 

 tion," and to remove any obstacle in the way of the adoption of pas- 

 teurization based on the ground that there are no standards for this 

 process, the State Health authorities define pasteurization as follows : 



"Regulation 12. Pasteurization. Except where a different standard of 

 pasteuriaztion has been adopted previous to the 1st day of September, 1914, by 

 the local health authorities, no milk or cream shall be sold, or offered for sale, 

 as pasteurized, unless it has been subjected to a temperature of 142 to 145 

 degrees Fahrenheit for not less than thirty minutes, and no milk or cream 

 which has been heated by any method shall be sold or offered for sale unless 

 the heating conforms to the provisions of this regulation. 



After pasteurization, the milk or cream shall be immediately cooled and 

 placed in clean containers and the containers shall be immediately sealed. No 

 milk or cream shall be pasteurized more than once. This regulation shall take 

 effect throughout the State of New York, except in the City of New York, 

 on the 1st day of January, 1916." 



Consequently, since the 1st day of January, 1916, the heating of milk 

 or cream by any other process than the process above designated has been 

 illegal, and it is proper therefore to assume that, if other processes of 

 heating have been used in Rochester, or in any other municipality, since 

 January 1st, 1916, the same has been due to wilful neglect of the enforce- 

 ment of the State regulations, either by milk dealers or local health 

 officers. 



As previously stated, the City of Rochester has no milk regulations 

 of its own. It has depended entirely upon the state regulations for the 

 control of its milk supply. The attitude of the State Public Health 

 authorities is one which makes it clear that cities of the first class are 

 expected to pass regulations of their own which are most stringent than 

 the state regulations. While the state authorities have given a clear 



