THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 175 



Absolutely not. We want clean raw milk. The pasteurization can be done 

 better in the home. (Dr. R. G. Freeman, New York, N. Y.) 



Yes. If not municipal, strict and abundant inspection is necessary. (Dr. 

 M. P. Ravenel, Madison, Wis.) 



Yes, unless commercial plants are carefully supervised. (Dr. C. E. A. 

 Winslow, New York, N. Y.) 



No. (Health officer Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



No. (Health officer Baltimore, Md.) 



I have not given this subject enough thought to give a definite answer. 

 (Health officer Birmingham, Ala.) 



No. (Health officer Bismarck, N. Dak.) 



I am not prepared to say as yet. (Health officer Cleveland, Ohio.) 



It is desirable, but its practicability is problematic. (Health officer Colum- 

 bus, Ohio.) 



Yes. (Health officer Detroit, Mich.) 



Not half so desirable as clean milk. (State board Of health, Florida.) 



No. (Health officer Jacksonville, Fla.) 



Yes, providing your department has enough health inspectors. ( Health officer 

 Kansas City, Mo.) 



Might be practicable, but not desirable. (Health officer Lynchburg. Va.) 



Yes, for large cities, but not for small communities. Always get a good raw 

 milk if possible. (Health officer Montclair, N. J.) 



I so recommended, but the newspapers would not stand for it. I think it 

 practicable. (Health officer Portland, Oreg.) 



No. (Health officer Providence, R. I.) 



It furnishes, perhaps, the only means of securing efficient pasteurization of 

 entire milk supply, if such is deemed necessary. Municipal inspection is next 

 best thing, where all milk must be pasteurized. (Health officer Richmond, Va.) 



Some day they may be, but if that day ever comes pasteurization will be 

 unnecessary. (Health officer Rochester, N. Y.) 



Yes. (Health officer Seattle, Wash.) 



No. (Health officer Syracuse, N. Y.) 



Yes. (Health officer Topeka, Kans.) 



Yes. (Straus Laboratory, Washington, D. C.) 



No. (Sharon Dairy, District of Columbia.) 



We believe that in the United States it is better to have individual pasteuriz- 

 ing plants; that is, handled by individual concerns. (Dairy Machinery and 

 Construction Co., Derby, Conn.) 



No. We do not believe that a proposition of this sort can be successfully 

 and economically handled by municipal government. (Creamery Packing 

 Manufacturing Co., Chicago, 111.) 



No. Neither practicable nor desirable, and absolutely disadvantageous in 

 every way. (Borden's Condensed Milk Co., New York, N. Y.) 



I do not believe a municipal pasteurization plant would be either practical 

 or desirable. (Walker-Gordon Laboratory, Washington, D. C.) 



I am not sure. (Dr. V. C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



Yes-; if pasteurization is to be made compulsory. (Health officer Los 

 Angeles, Cal.) 



No. (J. M. Houston, White Cross Milk Co., Washington, D. C.) 



No. (Health officer San Francisco, Cal.) 



It would be desirable where clean milk is unobtainable, but I do not favor 

 pasteurization of clean milk under any conditions. As to whether it would 

 be practical or not, I do not know. (Health officer St. Joseph, Mo.) 



They should at least be under the control and regulation of the city. (Health 

 officer Wheeling, W. Va.) 



Not unless there is developed some new method more constant in its results 

 than those at present used. (Dr. Samuel McC. Hamill, Philadelphia, Pa.) 



Yes. (Health officer Scranton, Pa.) 



QUESTION 9. Should the plant (or plants) ~be located in the city or on the farmf 



ANSWERS. 



In order to have the pasteurization properly supervised the plant should be 

 located in the city. (Chief Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



It would be difficult to supervise pasteurization at farms. (Surgeon General 

 U. S. Army.) 



