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It retards, or may even do away with, souring; but such milk may "rot" 

 without ever getting sour. [Appendix G.] (Health officer Richmond, Va.) 



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



Yes and no. It will not sour as quickly, but becomes more deadly in the 

 end unless drunk within 36 hours. (Health officer Seattle, Wash.) 



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



Not as ordinarily carried on. Generally merely kills lactic-acid producing 

 germs, thus leaving others to multiply more advantageously. If properly pas- 

 teurized; yes. (Health officer Topeka, Kans.) 



Certainly, as the lactic-acid germs are destroyed. (Creamery Packing Manu- 

 facturing Co., Chicago, 111.) 



Pasteurization preserves milk for a certain length of time, and if it is prop- 

 erly cared for it will keep for weeks. The hospitals of the Panama Canal are 

 supplied with perfectly pasteurized milk that runs through one of my machines 

 at the Sheffield Farms Slawson, Decker Co., of New York City and this will 

 give you evidence enough that such pasteurized milk naturally has to keep, 

 because without this it could not be shipped from New York to Panama and 

 arrive there in perfect condition. (Dairy Machinery and Construction Co., 

 Derby, Conn. ) 



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



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



Yes ; when properly performed and the milk properly handled afterwards. 

 (Health officer Los Angeles, Cal.) 



Only in part and change in constituents. (Health officer San Francisco, Cal.) 



It retards lactic fermentation, but augments putrefactive decomposition. 

 (Health officer St. Joseph, Mo.) 



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



Yes. (Health officer Scranton, Pa.) 



QUESTION 8. Is compulsory pasteurization, in your judgment, practicable and 



advisablet 



ANSWERS. 



With proper restrictions as to the installation of apparatus and as to the 

 keeping of records, there would seem to be no reason why compulsory pasteuri- 

 zation should not be practicable. The fact that regulations directed to this end 

 might in some cases be evaded, notwithstanding a proper system of inspection, 

 is no reason why such regulation should not be made and enforced as far as 

 practicable. Laws against murder, embezzlement, housebreaking, and all other 

 kinds of crime and misdemeanors are very commonly avoided, notwithstanding 

 a well-organized system of police protection, but that has never been set forth 

 as a renson why such laws should not be kept on the statute books. The health 

 department has for some time had under consideration the advisability of the 

 compulsory pasteurization of all milk coming from cows not tuberculin tested, 

 and believes that with respect to that part of the milk supply pasteurization 

 should be enforced. (Health officer District of Columbia.) 



No. (Health officer Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



Never. (Health officer Atlanta, Ga.) 



Not now. (Health officer Baltimore, Md.) 



No. (Health officer Birmingham, Ala.) 



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



No. (Health officer Burlington, Vt.) 



Advisable, but not practicable. (Health officer Cleveland, Ohio.) 



Yes; especially for niilk 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.) 



Where the dairies and depots can not be controlled and cleaned up; yes. 

 I consider it a poor substitute for clean milk. (Health officer Jackson- 

 ville, Fla.) 



Yes. (Health officer Kansas City, Mo.) 



No. (Health officer Lynchburg, Va.) 



Yes ; if it is impossible to have a safe milk otherwise, as in a large city like 

 New York. (Health officer Montclair, N. J.) 



