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Yes. (Health officer Richmond, Va.) 



I think it is. What right has the dealer to talk about rights as against the 

 lives of children? (Health officer Rochester, N. Y.) 



It is not right to the legitimate and honest dealer unless we do insist upon a 

 bacterial count, because it gives a dishonest, filthy dealer a chance to sell dan- 

 gerous milk and to unjustly compete with a man striving to produce good, pure, 

 wholesome milk. (Health officer Seattle, Wash.) 



No. (Health officer Topeka, Kans.) 



In cities where there is certified milk it is done. (Straus Laboratory, Wash- 

 ington, D. C.) 



No. (Sharon Dairy, District of Columbia.) 



Yes ; providing that the enforcement of such 'standard be exercised with due 

 care and moderation and allowance made for certain contingencies, as in the 

 case of delays in transit or accident, which may cause a rising temperature and 

 thereby increased bacterial count, which count, however, w r ould be simply a 

 local rise due to the conditions at that particular time and would probably not 

 extend beyond that particular shipment and could not be taken as affecting in 

 any way the standard which had up to that time been adhered to. (Borden's 

 Condensed Milk Co., New York, N. Y.) 



Yes ; but to be fair to the producer and dealer the limit should be a very high 

 one until the public is willing to pay the added cost entailed in producing and 

 handling a high-grade milk. (Walker-Gordon Laboratory, Washington, D. C.) 



Yes. (Dr. V. C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



I believe it is practicable to enforce withdrawal of any milk from public sale 

 which may be regarded as dangerous to public. (Dr. S. C. Prescott, Boston, 

 Mass.) 



Yes. (Health officer Los Angeles, Cal.) 



Yes. (J. M. Houston, White Cross Milk Co., Washington, D. C.) 



Yes. (Health officer San Francisco, Cal.) 



Yes; if not too low. (Health officer St. Joseph, Mo.) 



Yes. (Health officer Wheeling, W. Va.) 



With proper regulations governing production, transportation, and delivery, 

 yes. (Dr. Samuel McC. Hamill, Philadelphia, Pa.) 



I think so, if a reasonable average figure is taken and opportunity is given 

 to a dealer to improve his conditions instead of barring him arbitrarily on a 

 yes. (Dr. Samuel McC. Hamill, Philadelphia, Pa.) 



MAINTENANCE OF Low TEMPERATURES. 



QUESTION 1. At what maximum temperature should milk he kept to give the 

 hest results for commercial purposes? 



ANSWERS. 



While the temperature limit should be practicable, it should not be fixed pri- 

 marily with a view to giving the best results for commercial uses, the real 

 object being to insure the delivery of milk to the consumer in a wholesome 

 condition. To accomplish the latter object, it is believed that milk should be 

 promptly cooled to 50 F. or less, and should be kept below that temperature 

 until delivery. This would require the use of ice in summer, but is not believed 

 to be commercially impracticable, except possibly during the summer in warm 

 climates where the producer is unable to provide ice. This requirement has 

 been made by the city of Atlanta, Ga.. and if it is practicable there it would 

 certainly be practicable for the city of Washington. (Chief Bureau of Animal 

 Industry.) 



It is generally agreed that a temperature not above 50 F. is desirable. 

 (Surgeon General U. S. Army.) 



Fifty degrees Fahrenheit. (Surgeon General U. S. Navy.) 



Under 50 F. (Surgeon General Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.) 



Forty-five degrees Fahrenheit is desirable, but 50 F. is much easier to have 

 and will answer fairly well. (Dr. William H. Park, New York, N. Y.) 



Between 40 and 50 F. from an hour after milking until its use. Never 

 above 50. (Dr. Henry L. Cotf, Newark, N. J.) 



As near 33 F. as possible.' Not above 50 F. (Dr. R. G. Freeman, New 

 York, N. Y.) 



