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for speedy consumption. I would not, however, advise the use of milk powder 

 by any means for infant feeding. I strongly urge upon every municipality to 

 establish a milk plant under the direct control of the municipality where pure, 

 clean, wholesome, unpasteurized, unmodified, and unprepared milk may be 

 kept for the use of those infants who are fed artificially. I would have in 

 this plant a modifying chamber under the direction of a competent specialist 

 to modify the pure milk without any other change to as nearly the composition 

 of fresh mothers' milk as possible, or to make special modifications of milk, 

 under the direction of a physician, for those who are diseased. I would make 

 it a penal offense for any person feeding an infant artificially to use any other 

 food than that supplied from this central establishment. As far as grown 

 people are concerned, in my opinion, a properly prepared milk such as I have 

 described as coming from a distance can be used with safety and without 

 danger of interfering with the nutritive processes. The municipal milk supply, 

 therefore, would be only for the use of infants artificially fed. 

 Respectfully, 



H. W. WILEY, Chief. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICE, 

 STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OF FLORIDA, 



Jacksonville, Fla., November 18, 1910. 

 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 



Washington, D. 0. 



GENTLEMEN : Inclosed, I return herewith answers to certain of the questions 

 sent out. 



I have only undertaken to answer those which have been definitely settled 

 by research and experience ; the others, from my point of view, at least, are 

 largely speculative, and matters in which I do not care to enter. 

 Very truly, yours, 



JOSEPH Y. PORTER, 

 State Health Officer. 



OFFICE OF BOARD OF HEALTH COMMISSIONERS, 



BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, 

 Hartford, Conn., November 10, 1910. 

 WASHINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 



Washington, D. G. 



GENTLEMEN : I am in receipt of your questionaire relative to the control of 

 production and handling of milk. The questions appear to me to be so diffuse 

 as to render impossible the categorical answers which you evidently expect. 

 The ground covered by each of the questions is so broad that to my mind it is 

 impossible to give the answers without a large number of exceptions. Such 

 being the case I am sending you a copy of the Connecticut State law and our 

 municipal ordinances on the subject. 



Very truly, yours, C. P. BOTSFORD, Superintendent. 



OFFICE OF HEALTH OFFICER, 

 Lynchburg, Va., November 9, 1910. 

 CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON MILK SITUATION, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 



Washington, D. C. 



DEAR SIR : I inclose you blanks filled out as you requested. I believe that the 

 great thing necessary in milk supply is instructive inspection. It is true that 

 the inspector must be clothed with power to get rid of those who won't respond 

 to reasonable demands, but only a few haye been found here who had to be 

 closed out. There is no compulsory tuberculin test here, but a number of 

 dairymen have of their own accord had their herds tested, and all of them are 

 interested and mostly making arrangements to test. This is a highly desir- 

 able condition and is ripe for a law for those few, if any exist, who will not 

 soon test. The dairymen here have the idea that the test is for the protection 

 of their own herds more than for anything else. 

 Yours, very truly, 



MOSBY G. PERROW, Health Officer. 



