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(c) Power to examine the books and accounts of all milk dealers 

 distributing milk in the city, and to subpoena such books and such dealers 

 for examination by designated city authorities when the interests of 

 public health demand such examinations. 



(d) That the legal status of the director of the Bureau of Health 

 of the City of Rochester should be made identical with the legal status of 

 the health officers of the City of New York, the City of Buffalo, and 

 other first-class cities, so that this bureau, in its administration, will not 

 be independent in any way of its responsibilities to the city government. 



4. That, if the State Legislature will grant such powers for the 

 control of the distribution of milk, any or all of these powers be made 

 discretionary with the city and not mandatory. 



5. That the city shall exercise such powers only in the event that 

 the system of milk distribution provided by the milk industry proves itself 

 to be inadequate for the proper safeguarding of public health through the 

 practice of insanitary or imperfect methods or uneconomical service. 



6. That the city authorities encourage the centralization of the 

 business of milk distribution under the auspices of the present industry 

 with the object of avoiding, if possible, the establishment of muncipal 

 ownership through the securing of efficient service under private owner- 

 ship. 



7. That the city immediately establish, as part of its sanitary code, 

 milk ordinances and regulations suitable for a city df the first class, and 

 in particular an ordinance requiring the pasteurization of all milk not 

 produced from cows tuberculin tested and otherwise safeguarded against 

 cattle diseases, human diseases and contamination, such requirements be- 

 ing equivalent to the requirements for certified milk. 



8. That the city require the pasteurization of all milk used by public 

 institutions and take steps to provide a milk supply adequate for the needs 

 of all of the inmates of public institutions. 



9. That the city arrange to dispense milk through the public schools 

 at cost, so that at least one half-pint bottle (one glass) of milk can be 

 placed within reach of every school child every day at the school lunch 

 hour, in accordance with the system in successful operation at the present 

 time in the City of Seattle. 



10. That, under the auspices of the Board of Education, the weight 

 and height of every school child be determined and recorded annually, 

 preferably in one of the fall months, and that the relationship of the diet 

 of the child, especially with respect to the drinking of milk, be also 

 recorded with the purpose of determining the degree of undernourish- 

 ment of school children and providing against such undernourishment. 



(The data secured on this subject under this survey, although 

 meagre and incomplete, emphatically demonstrates the vital importance 



