270 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



SEC. 5. Such milk or cream in said city shall not be stored, cooled, strained, 

 or otherwise handled in any room which is occupied by horses, cows, or other 

 animals, or in any room used for domestic or sleeping purposes. All rooms in 

 which said milk or cream is stored, cooled, strained, or otherwise handled shall 

 be kept constantly clean and free from obnoxious odors. Such rooms shall 

 contain proper appliances for washing or sterilizing all utensils employed in 

 the handling and sale of milk and cream. 



SEC. 6. All such milk produced for the purpose of sale in the city of Bur- 

 lington shall be strained and cooled as soon as it is drawn from the cow. 



SEC. 7. Milk or cream kept for sale as aforesaid in any store, creamery, milk 

 depot, or other establishment within said city shall be stored in a covered cooler 

 or refrigerator, which shall be used only for the purpose of storing milk or 

 cream. No receptacles containing milk or cream for sale shall be allowed to 

 stand outside said cooler or refrigerator except while a sale is being made. 

 Every such cooler or refrigerator shall be properly drained and cared for and 

 shall be kept tightly closed except during such intervals as are necessary for 

 the introduction or removal of milk, cream, or ice, and they shall be kept only 

 in such location and under such condition as shall be approved by the board of 

 health. 



SEC. 8. No cans, bottles, or other receptacles shall be used in the sale, deliv- 

 ery, or distribution of milk or cream except such as have been thoroughly 

 cleansed and sterilized by steam or boiling water and are smooth and free from 

 rust, and all such receptacles shall be cleansed and sterilized before they are 

 again used for the same purpose, and such receptacles shall be protected from 

 dust while standing. No person shall use a milk or cream receptacle as a 

 container for any other substance than milk or cream. During transportation 

 the milk shall be tightly covered to protect from dust. 



SEC. 9. All vehicles used in the distribution of milk or cream for such sale 

 or supply shall be kept in a v cleanly condition. Such vehicles shall have the 

 name of the owner of said milk or cream marked on them in plain letters not 

 less than 1 inch in height and so placed as to be distinctly seen and read. 



SEC. 10. Every person engaged in the production, storage, transportation, sale, 

 or distribution of such milk or cream immediately upon the occurrence of any 

 case of communicable disease, either in himself or his immediate associates, or 

 within the building where such milk or cream is stored, sold, or distributed, 

 shall notify said board of health. The sale and distribution of such milk and 

 cream shall be suspended by the board of health until all danger of infection is 

 passed. 



SEC. 11. No person shall remove from any dwelling that has in it a commu- 

 nicable disease any bottle or receptacle which has been used for the storing or 

 receiving of milk or cream. No receptacle which has been handled by persons 

 suffering from a communicable disease shall be used to hold or convey milk or 

 cream until such receptacle shall have been thoroughly sterilized. 



SEC. 12. No persons shall within said city furnish, supply, sell, or distribute 

 milk to the inhabitants thereof, or shall for that purpose keep or have the 

 same in possession which contains less than 8.5 per cent solids not fat nor less 

 than 3.25 per cent milk fat, and such milk shall contain not more than 100,000 

 bacteria per cubic centimeter, nor have a temperature higher than 50 F. 



SEC. 13. No person shall sell or supply within said city milk or cream to be 

 used by the inhabitants thereof, or shall for that purpose keep or have the same 

 in his possession, which contains any adulterant, preservative, or any substance 

 added for the purpose of modifying the physical properties of said milk or 

 cream. 



SEC. 14. It shall be the duty of the milk inspector to inspect all dairies, cream- 

 eries, milk depots, or stores wherever milk or cream is produced, stored, sold, 

 or distributed in said city to be used by the inhabitants thereof at least three 

 times a year, and as much oftener as in his judgment seems necessary or as 

 he may be directed by the board of health. He shall keep a careful record of 

 each inspection, giving date and name of person controlling or operating each 

 place, and such other information as may be desired by the board of health, 

 and he shall issue a certificate of inspection to the owner or person in charge of 

 each dairy inspected and found to meet the requirements of this ordinance. 



SEC. 15. The said milk inspector shall at least semiannually, and at any other 

 time or times in his own discretion or upon reasonable complaint procure and 

 send to the State laboratory of hygiene for examination samples of milk or 

 cream from the dairy oj each party for the sale or supply of whose milk or 

 cream a license has been obtained hereunder. 



