218 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



No. (Health officer Jacksonville, Fla.) 



Yes; if exposed. (Health officer Kansas City, Mo.) 



No. (Health officer Lynchburg, Va.) 



No. (Health officer Portland, Oreg.) 



No; because if evaporated to proper density bacteria can't grow, as food 

 can not be absorbed by them. (Health officer Providence, R. I.) 



Not at all subject to deterioration if properly made and sealed. After open- 

 ing it keeps much longer than fresh milk, until it is diluted. (Health officer 

 Richmond, Va.) 



No; not usually. (Health officer Seattle, Wash.) 



Probably not. (Health officer Syracuse, N. Y.) 



Yes; but not as rapidly. (Health officer Topeka, Kans.) 



More so, unless kept in hermetically sealed cans. (Sharon Dairy, District 

 of Columbia.) 



The sugar acting as a preservative, it is susceptible to practically no deteriora- 

 tion whatever. (Borden's Condensed Milk Co., New York, N. Y.) 



No. (Dr. V. C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



After dilution; yes. (Dr. S. C. Prescott, Boston, Mass.) 



No; if sterilized and hermetically sealed. (Health officer Los Angeles, Cal.) 



Yes; the evaporated without sugar will spoil upon exposure to the air as 

 soon as good raw milk. The sugar-condensed milk will not. When kept tightly 

 sealed they both keep indefinitely. (J. M. Houston, White Cross Milk Co., 

 Washington, D. C.) 



No. (Health officer San Francisco, Cal.) 



It is not as susceptible to lactic acid fermentation, but other changes upon 

 exposure to the atmosphere would probably take place similar to those under- 

 gone by pasteurized milk. (Health officer St. Joseph, Mo.) 



Unless properly feared for ; yes. It is also liable to undergo decomposition in 

 the cans. (Dr. Samuel McC. Hamill, Philadelphia, Pa.) 



No. (Health officer Scranton, Pa.) 



QUESTION 16. Is it as susceptible to deterioration as pasteurized milkt 



ANSWERS. 



No ; condensed milk will keep much longer than raw or pasteurized milk, even 

 after being opened. (Chief Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



Not unless diluted. (Surgeon General U. S. Army.) 



No. (Surgeon General U. S. Navy.) 



No; for the same reason. (Dr. Henry L. Coit, Newark, N. J.) 



No. (Dr. R. G. Freeman, New York, N. Y.) 



Not until diluted. (Dr. C. E. A. Winslow, New York, N. Y.) 



No. (Health officer Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



Do not think so. (Health officer Birmingham, Ala.) 



Yes. (Health-officer Bismarck, N. Dak.) 



Yes. (Health officer Cleveland, Ohio.) 



No. (Health officer Columbus, Ohio.) 



Yes; if exposed. If unsealed, ought to keep indefinitely. (Health officer 

 Detroit, Mich.) 



No. (Health officer Jacksonville, Fla.) 



Yes; if exposed. (Health officer Kansas City, Mo.) 



No. (Health officer Lynchburg, Va.) 



No. (Health officer Portland, Oreg.) 



Yes; if diluted as direction on the cans require to make milk. (Health officer 

 Providence, R.I.) 



By no means. (Not at all subject to deterioration if properly made and 

 sealed. After opening, it keeps much longer than fresh milk until it is 

 diluted. (Health officer Richmond, Va.) 



No. (Health officer Seattle, Wash.) 



Probably not. (Health officer Syracuse, N. Y.) 



Yes; but not as rapidly. (Health officer Topeka, Kans.) 



I am not prepared to say. (Sharon Dairy, District of Columbia.) 



Not nearly. (Borden's Condensed Milk Co., New York, N. Y.) 



No. (Dr. V. C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



Not quite, I should say, because of the inhibiting effect of sugar. (Dr. S. C. 

 Prescott, Boston, Mass.) 



