280 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



Rule 57. Sanitary standard for milk. All milk sold, offered for sale, kept 

 with the intention of selling, or sent to the city for the purpose of selling, 

 must be free from dirt, foreign material, and sediment. Not more than a per- 

 ceptible sediment shall be left on a piece of white linen cloth 4 inches square 

 when a quart of well-mixed milk is strained through it. Milk on arrival in 

 the city must not contain more than 1,000,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter 

 from May 1 to September 30, and not over 500,000 bacteria per cubic centi- 

 meter between October 1 to April 30. Milk for delivery to the consumer shall 

 not contain an excessive number of bacteria. The sale of milk containing 

 over 3.000,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter is prohibited and the dealer selling 

 or offering for sale such milk shall, after three examinations of his milk on 

 successive days by the bacteriologist and showing bacterial counts above 

 3,000,000, is prohibited from selling milk until the method of production and 

 handling of his milk supply has been properly regulated by the department. 

 The sale of milk containing tubercle, typhoid, diphtheria, or other pathogenic 

 bacteria is prohibited. The sale of milk containing excessive numbers of 

 putrefying and gas-producing micro-organisms is prohibited. 



MILK DELIVERY AND MILK VEHICLES. 



Rule 23. Transported in closed receptacles and in covered wagons. Milk 

 shall not be transported in open or improperly closed cans and receptacles. 

 It shall be properly protected from the dust and the sun's rays with adequate 

 covering. This covering shall be clean, nonodorous, and free from dust 

 Wagons used for the delivery of milk to consumers shall be covered with 

 material that will allow of washing and shall always be kept clean. The 

 interior, of the wagon shall be kept clean, free from milk crusts, and odor of 

 any kind. Drivers' seats shall be divided off from the compartment or com- 

 partments .where the milk and cream are kept. The compartments where 

 milk and cream are kept shall be tight and opened only when necessary for 

 the removal of their contents. 



Rule 24. Preparing and bottling of milk on street prohibited. Milk and cream 

 shall not be prepared or bottled in the street or in a vehicle. The distribution 

 of milk and cream into specially constructed pouring cans shall be done in 

 the milk depot, and is prohibited upon the street. Milk for delivery in bulk 

 shall be carried in covered pouring cans, provided with a spout or faucet. 

 Milk shall not be dipped from farmers' or stock cans for delivery to the 

 consumer. 



Rule 25. Temperature of milk. The milk for delivery to the consumer on the 

 wagons shall not be above 70 F. 



Rule 26. Utensils. Here the same rules shall apply as for utensils used in 

 the milk depot. (See Rule 10.) 



Rule 27. Attendants and communicable diseases. Same rule shall apply as 

 for milk depots. (See Rules 13 and 14.) 



RULES REGULATING THE HANDLING AND SALE OF MILK FOE STOBES. 



[Approved by the city council Apr. 13, 1908.] 



LICENSE. 



Rule 1. Application for license. Application for a milk license shall be made 

 in writing to the commissioner of health. Such application shall set forth the 

 name and residence of the applicant, if an individual, and the names and resi- 

 dences of the principal officers if the applicant is a corporation, together with 

 the location of the place for which such license is desired. Such application 

 shall also state whether the milk is to be sold in a store, depot, or also from a 

 delivery wagon. It shall further state whether the milk and cream is to be sold 

 in bottles exclusively or in bulk and bottles. It shall also state if cows are to be 

 kept, and if so shall state the number. 



Rule 2. Inspection and investigation of previous record. No application for 

 license shall be approved by the commissioner of health after May 1, 1908, if the 

 records of the milk division show that the depot, store, or any part of the estab- 

 lishment in which the business is to be conducted is in an insanitary condition. 



If the applicant's record is not on file in the office, or if he is newly engaging 



