232 THE MILK SITUATION ttf THE DlSTBlCT OF COLUMBIA. 



I think that all milk from tubercular cow ihould be sterilised to 170 for 20 

 minutes, and all untested herdi classed at T. B. infected. (Health officer 

 Portland, Oreg.) 



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



It is " practicable " to insist on pasteurization, but it is certainly not advis- 

 able to have all milk pasteurized. Pasteurization is always a makeshift. 

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



Not unless done by the municipality, and it could make a better investment 

 by inspection. (Health officer Rochester, N. Y.) 



It is not practicable and is not advisable. It is a delusion and a snare up 

 to date. (Health officer Seattle, Wash.) 



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



Probably as an adjunct to enforcement of tuberculin test or establishment of 

 inspection in large cities, but should then be done by Government and not 

 insisted upon in cases where not needed. (Health officer Topeka, Kans.) 



The only way to protect the public against all kinds of infection from the 

 filth that is found in all milk, except in certified milk, is to pasteurize it. It is 

 a shame that in cities like New York and Boston there were epidemics of con- 

 siderable extent this last week, due to infection through raw milk. In New 

 York there was a typhoid fever epidemic of over 400 cases, and in Boston the 

 scarlet fever epidemic had over 800 cases. When it comes down to determine 

 if it is better for a city to have such epidemics or to heat such milk, then, in 

 my judgment, there is only one answer, and that is to pasteurize the milk. 

 For myself, as a specialist on milk, I would not dare to feed my own children 

 on raw milk, even if it is certified, and I am happy to say that I have brought 

 up children as strong as anybody can have, and all they ever got was boiled 

 milk. (Dairy Machinery and Construction Co.. Derby, Conn.) 



There is no reason at the present time why the city milk plants from largest 

 to smallest can not be equipped with proper pasteurizing machinery, at a cost 

 within their means, if they have sufficient capital to properly handle their 

 business. (Creamery Package Manufacturing Co., Chicago, 111.) 



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



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



Practical with municipal controlled plant. Advisable only in dirty milk and 

 milk from nontested cattle. (Health officer Los Angeles, Cal.) 



No. (Health officer San Francisco, Cal.) 



No. (Health officer St. Joseph, Mo.) 



It is, if the milk is as described in No. 6. [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 9. What effect in your judgment would compulsory pasteurization 

 have upon the wholesale and retail price of milk in winter and summer f 



ANSWEBS. 



Will increase. (Health officer Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



Such milk should be given away, or rather thrown away. (Health officer 

 Atlanta, Ga.) 



I do not know, but such milk is now sold at 9 and 10 cents a quart. (Health 

 officer Baltimore, Md.) 



A tendency to increase the price. (Health officer Birmingham, Ala.) 



It would raise the price. (Health officer Bismarck, N. Dak.) 



Probably none, but would tend to centralize the business in the hands of 

 larger dealers. (Health officer Cleveland, Ohio.) 



It is thought that in this city the pasteurization of milk has prevented an 

 advance in the price of milk. (Health officer Columbus, Ohio.) 



Little, if any. (Health officer Detroit, Mich.) 



It would I believe increase the price a little. (Health officer Jacksonville. 

 Fla.) 



None whatever. (Health officer Kansas City, Mo.) 



Cheapen it. (Health officer Lynchburg, Va.) 



The expense per quart is so small that the price would probably remain the 

 same, other factors being equal. (Health officer Montclair, N. J.) 



None. (Health officer Portland, Oreg.) 



