48 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



tuberculosis should not be utilized as human food, even though the 

 milk be pasteurized, which inhibition shall also apply to milk taken 

 from cows 15 days before or 5 days after parturition or from cows 

 receiving any deleterious medicaments or foodstuffs; that the veter- 

 inary inspectors of the health department make frequent visits to the 

 dairy farms; that particular attention be given to the water supply 

 of dairy farms and of dairies, with special reference to the location 

 and construction of wells, cisterns, and springs; that every dairy 

 farm and dairy be equipped with all necessary appliances for clean- 

 ing, scalding, or otherwise sterilizing all receptacles, utensils, and 

 apparatus used for the handling of milk, and with all necessary 

 appliances for properly handling the milk and keeping it cool await- 

 ing delivery; that the sale of milk in grocery stores, bakery shops, 

 and other similar places be prohibited, except when sold and deliv- 

 ered in the original package in which received ; that the production 

 and sale of milk be maintained entirely apart and separate from 

 household operations ; that all receptacles containing milk in quanti- 

 ties exceeding 1 quart for delivery to customers be sealed in a man- 

 ner satisfactory to the health officer before being placed upon the 

 delivery wagon and be kept so sealed until after delivery except 

 when opened for the purpose of official inspection; that whenever a 

 sample of milk is collected for analysis the inspector divide the 

 sample into two parts, placing each part in a proper container, seal- 

 ing such containers, and delivering one sealed container to the vendor, 

 the sealing of samples to be done, when practicable, in the presence of 

 the vendor or his agent; that the immediate seizure and denaturing 

 with some deleterious substance or coloring matter of milk found to 

 contain preservatives or to be in such condition as to render its sale 

 unlawful be authorized ; that the health officer be authorized to pub- 

 lish daily the rating of dairies and dairy farms and the chemical 

 composition and bacterial count of samples of milk analyzed; that 

 for the purpose of procuring modified milk for infants and persons in 

 ill health the milk commission of the Medical Society of the District 

 be requested to procure the establishment of a laboratory under its 

 supervision in which only certified milk shall be used and milk of a 

 definite chemical composition may be obtained according to prescrip- 

 tions of physicians ; that an effort be made to procure the establish- 

 ment of a refrigerator-car service for the transportation of milk into 

 the District from May 1 to December 1 and to provide for cooling 

 rooms or devices at all stations where milk is held awaiting the 

 arrival of milk trains; that parents and guardians be urged to use 

 only certified milk, at least as the food of infants under the age of 

 three years ; that systematic instruction with reference to the sanitary 

 relations of milk as an article of diet, and all other foods, be made a 

 part of the curriculum of the public schools of the District; that 

 popular articles be frequently prepared for the press; that lectures 

 and demonstrations be given; that pamphlets in plain language be 

 prepared by the health officer for general distribution, and the rules 

 and suggestions, accomanied by a statement of the reasons therefor, 

 be placed in the hands of dairymen and dairy attendants; that con- 

 sumers of milk be urged not to patronize milk dealers whose milk, 

 after standing for two hours or less, reveals a visible sediment at the 

 bottom of the bottle ; that the consumer, unless the milk received by 

 him comes from a tuberculin-tested herd or from a source otherwise 



