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the milk uniformly to the requisite amount of heat during the short 

 interval generally determined upon for this method of pasteuriza- 

 tion. 



38. That a provision of law be enacted and rigidly enforced pro- 

 hibiting the sale of milk, especially in retail establishments, left 

 over from the previous day's delivery. 



39. That in addition to the compulsory pasteurization of milk, not 

 " certified " or " inspected " in accordance with the specifications of 

 the Washington milk conference of 1907, the tuberculin test and the 

 proposed specification of a maximum bacterial content and a maxi- 

 mum temperature of milk offered for sale in the District of Columbia 

 be also insisted upon. 



40. That pasteurization be required to "be done under permit issued 

 by the District health department, and that the milk be at once 

 cooled and placed in sealed sterilized containers and delivered sealed, 

 plainly marked " Pasteurized," with an indication on the label of the 

 date and hour when the pasteurization was completed; furthermore, 

 that pasteurized milk be delivered to the consumer within 24 hours 

 after pasteurization. 



41. That unless the provision of an adequate refrigerator-car 

 service proves impracticable, making it impossible to maintain milk 

 in transit at 50 F. or less, the plant or plants for pasteurizing the 

 District milk supply (with the exception of one already established 

 at considerable expense by the White Cross Milk Co. at Frederick, 

 Md., and possibly others already in operation in connection with 

 the local milk supply) be required to be located within the limits of 

 the District of Columbia. 



42. That the contemplated pasteurizing plant or plants be con- 

 ducted under private auspices and not maintained by the District 

 government, the establishment of such plants under municipal owner- 

 ship being, in the opinion of the committee, neither necessary nor 

 desirable. 



43. That a general milk delivery service be organized by local 

 dairymen with a view to eliminating unnecessary expenditure in 

 delivering milk owing to duplication of capital invested and labor 

 involved. 



44. That, for the present at least, 500,000 be agreed upon as the 

 maximum number of bacteria allowable for raw milk (not " certi- 

 fied "), 100,000 for pasteurized milk, and 10,000 for " certified " milk 

 offered for sale in the District of Columbia. 



45. That in the judgment of the committee a high bacterial con- 

 tent, especially if repeated in the milk from a given farm, unques- 

 tionably indicates insanitary conditions either uncleanliness on the 

 farm, maintenance at a temperature above 50 F., staleness of the 

 milk, or a diseased condition of the cow's udder from which the 

 milk furnished is partially derived. 



46. That milk be not permitted to be sold in bulk at grocery or 

 similar retail establishments; that the public be admonished not to 

 buy "bulk" milk from a retail store (not a dairy), and that milk 

 for babies' use be not purchased from grocery or other establishments 

 where it may possibly have been kept over from the day before. 



47. That the furnishing of pasteurized and modified milk for in- 

 fant feeding can probably be accomplished at much less expense 



