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free the same from all remnants of milk and of cream, or cause such 

 receptacle to be so rinsed, be amended by eliminating the words " for 

 sale," so as to extend this requirement to consumers and all other 

 persons, as well as to dealers. 



5. That all cases of communicable disease among dairy farmers 

 and their assistants, outside the District of Columbia furnishing milk 

 to the Washington market, be required to be reported to the District 

 health department. (The act of March 2, 1895, already authorizes 

 the health officer to suspend or revoke permits for shipping into the 

 District milk from dairy farms exposed to infection by diphtheria, 

 scarlet fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and other infectious and 

 contagious diseases.) 



6. That the health department continue its method of exacting 

 a reasonable standard as opposed to an ideal standard for rating 

 dairies and dairy farms. 



7. That no investigation be authorized of the administration of the 

 District health department as proposed by the Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion, the department being, in the view of the committee, singularly 

 free from conditions demanding such an investigation. 



8. That the classification of milk suggested by Dr. A. D. Melvin 

 and recommended by the Washington milk conference of 1907 be 

 approved for the District of Columbia by specific legislation. 



9. That the additional recommendations of the Washington milk 

 conference of 1907 be approved for the District of Columbia, except 

 that regulations intended to safeguard the District milk supply, if of 

 large importance, be specifically authorized by Congress; that the 

 necessary plant or plants for pasteurizing the local milk supply be 

 not maintained by the District government; that all milk not "cer- 

 tified " or " inspected," intended for local consumption, be required 

 to be pasteurized ; that in pasteurization milk be required to be heated 

 to a temperature of 145 F. for 20 minutes or 140 F. for 30 minutes; 

 that milk, even from tuberculin-tested cows, unless "certified" or 

 "inspected," be compulsorily subjected to pasteurization; that the 

 health department be required to publish periodically, though not 

 daily, the ratings of dairies and dairy farms; and that parents and 

 guardians be urged to use only " certified " milk or properly pasteur- 

 ized or " modified " milk as a food for infants, at least under the age 

 of 3 years. It is believed that the requirements specified will dis- 

 pense with the necessity of boiling milk to be consumed. 



10. That all milk supplied for the use of hospitals, foundling asy- 

 lums, and other institutions within the District of Columbia sup- 

 ported wholly or in part by public funds, be required to comply with 

 the classification recommended by the Washington milk conference of 

 1907, subject to the exceptions noted by this committee under recom- 

 mendation 9. It is understood that the recent order of the District 

 Commissioners under date of November 8, 1910, specifies that milk 

 for such institutions be either properly pasteurized or derived from 

 tuberculin-tested herds. The committee recommends that the Dis- 



'trict Commissioners issue promptly an amendment to this order 

 specifying that raw milk even from tuberculin-tested herds be re- 

 quired to be pasteurized (unless " certified " or " inspected " in con- 

 formity with the provisions of the classification of the Washington 

 milk conference of 1907) , since the tuberculin test insures only against 

 tuberculosis. . 



