230 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



to require caps to be dated, so that the age of the milk can be readily ascer- 

 tained. (Health officer Birmingham, Ala.) 



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



Yes. (Health officer Cleveland, Ohio.) 



Yes; especially for milk from cattle not tubercular tested and for milk not 

 delivered to consumer within 24 hours from time of milking. (Health officer 

 Columbus, Ohio.) 



Yes. (Health officer Detroit, Mich.) 



Not when you can do better. Pasteurized milk is preferable to dirty milk 

 or infected, milk. (State board of health, Florida.) 



Not in this community, where there is little shipped milk and few middle- 

 men. (Health officer Jacksonville, Fla.) 



Yes. (Health officer Kansas City, Mo.) 



No. (Health officer Lynchburg, Va.) 



Yes; if safe, clean milk can not be obtained. (Health officer Montclair, N. J.) 



Not advantageous unless kept at sufficiently high temperature for 15 or 20 

 minutes, which is generally not the case. (Health officer Portland, Oreg.) 



Yes. (Health officer Providence, R. I.) 



For a large city it may be the best that can be done in lieu of competent 

 inspectors, but it is not advisable when complete inspection and control can be 

 had. [Appendix G.] (Health officer Richmond, Va.) 



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



No; not in this city. I believe we will arrive at wholesome milk sooner 

 without the false security of pasteurization being introduced. (Health officer 

 Seattle, Wash.) 



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



Yes; under present conditions in general, though not in Topeka. (Health 

 officer Topeka, Kans.) 



Yes. (Surgeon General U. S. Navy.) 



Not if above is complied with (10,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter). (Dr. 

 V. C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



It is, when properly performed, with dirty milk and milk from nontuberculin 

 tested cattle. (Health officer Los Angeles, Cal.) 



No. (Health officer San Francisco, Cal.) 



Not to pure, clean milk. And not to the dirty milk which would otherwise 

 sour rapidly and thus cause dissatisfaction to the consumer and put him on his 

 guard. (Health officer St. Joseph, Mo.) 



It is, if the milk comes from a great distance, is unwholesome, or comes from 

 a doubtful source. (Health officer Wheeling, W. Va.) 



Yes. (Health officer Scranton, Pa.) 



QUESTION 7. Does pasteurization tend to preserve milkf 



ANSWERS. 



Yes. (Health officer Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



We have investigated carefully in many cities, and we insist that pasteuriza- 

 tion is bad. (Health officer Atlanta, Ga.) 



For a short time. (Health officer Baltimore, Md.) 



Yes. (Health officer Birmingham, Ala.) 



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



Within certain limits. (Health officer Cleveland, Ohio.) 



Yes. (Health officer Columbus, Ohio.) 



Yes. (Health officer Detroit, Mich.) 



It does for a while, but after it gets reinfected with organisms of decomposi- 

 tion it decomposes more rapidly than raw milk. (State board of health, 

 Florida. ) 



If properly carried out; yes. (Health officer Jacksonville, Fla.) 



Not unless it is kept from exposure and maintained at temperature of 50. 

 (Health officer Kansas City, Mo.) 



Yes. (Health officer Lynchburg, Va.) 



Yes; results depend upon the degree of pasteurization. (Health officer Mont- 

 clair, N. J.) 



Our experiments show that the ordinary so-called pasteurization does not. 

 (Health officer Portland, Oreg.) 



Yes. (Health officer Providence, R. I.) 



