294 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



The compartment where milk or cream is kept shall be separated by an im- 

 pervious water and odor proof partition from all other compartments of any 

 ice box or refrigerator ; neither milk nor cream shall be kept in the same com- 

 partment with any other foodstuffs except butter and cheese. 



Sec. 19. Milk plants. (a) Construction: Floors must be made of asphalt, 

 cement, or other smooth vitrified substance, laid so as to allow ready drainage ; 

 walls and ceiling shall be smooth, tight, and kept painted in some light color ; 

 window space shall be equivalent to 10 per cent floor space. 



(6) Equipment: Must be arranged and constructed so it can be easily and 

 efficiently cleaned ; all piping used to convey milk must be of the sanitary taken 

 down form. Windows and doors, from May 1 to October 1, must be provided 

 with sound screens of mesh sufficiently fine to keep out flies and other insects. 

 Building and equipment must be kept clean at all times and free from odors. 



(c) Handling milk: Milk shall be pasteurized at the following temperatures: 

 140 F., uniform heating, 20 minutes; 150 F., uniform heating, 15 minutes, 

 155 F., uniform heating, 5 minutes; 160 F., uniform heating, 1.5 minutes; 165 

 F., uniform heating, 1 minute. 



The time shall be calculated from the time that the entire quantity reaches 

 the required temperature. The milk shall be promptly cooled after pasteuriza- 

 tion to a temperature of 50 F., or less, and stored at a similar temperature. 



Sec. 20. Contagious diseases. (a) Should scarlet fever, smallpox, diphtheria, 

 typhoid fever, tuberculosis or other dangerous or infectious disease occur in the 

 family of any dairyman or among any of his employees, or in any house in which 

 milk is kept for sale, or in the family or among the employees of any person 

 who ships milk into the city for sale, such dairyman, such venders or shippers 

 of milk shall immediately notify the -health officer of the facts of the case, and 

 the health officer shall at once investigate and order the sale of such milk 

 stopped, or sold under such regulations as he thinks proper. 



(&) Should dairymen, venders, or shippers of milk fail to notify the health 

 officer when contagious diseases exist in their families or in the families of 

 their employees, or who, after such information is given the health officer, fail 

 to obey his directions, the milk and dairy inspector shall seize and destroy all 

 milk sent into the city by such persons, and he shall, when acting in good faith, 

 be held harmless in damages therefor in any suit or demands made. 



(c) In delivering milk to families in which there exists any of the above- 

 named contagious or infectious diseases, the dairyman shall not enter, neither 

 shall he permit any of his milk bottles or vessels to be taken into such houses, 

 but shall pour such milk as each family wishes into vessels furnished by such 

 family. 



Sec. 21. Milk inspectors. The milk or dairy inspector, the health officer, or 

 any person authorized by the board of health, may examine all dairy herds, 

 utensils for handling milk, of all dairymen or other persons engaged in sell ing 

 or shipping for sale milk or cream to the city of Columbus. These inspectors 

 shall have power to open any can, vessel, or package containing milk or cream, 

 whether sealed (locked) or otherwise, or whether in transit or otherwise, and 

 take samples of the milk or .cream for testing or analysis ; and if, upon inspec- 

 tion, the milk or cream is found to be filthy, or the cans or other containers are 

 in an unclean condition, the said inspector may then and there condemn the 

 milk or cream as deemed by him to be filthy and pour the contents of such 

 bottles, vessels, or packages upon the ground forthwith, and he shall, if done in 

 good faith, be held harmless in damages therefor in any suit or demand made. 



Sec. 22. Penalty for violation. Whoever violates any provisions of this sub- 

 division of the sanitary code of the city of Columbus shall be fined in any sum 

 not exceeding $100, or imprisoned for any time not exceeding 90 days, or both ; 

 but no person shall be imprisoned under this section for the first offense, and 

 the prosecution shall always be for such first offense, unless the affidavit upon 

 which the prosecution is instituted contains the allegation that the offense is a 

 second or repeated offense. ( Sec. 2119, O. L., vol. 95, p. 424. ) 



These rules and regulations shall take effect and be in force 10 days from 

 first publication. 



"(1536-756.) R. S. Sec. 2139. Inspectors; appointment and duties; record of 

 meat and milk dealers; permit; examination of cows; certificate; contagious 

 disease in family of dairyman, etc. ; may make and enforce orders : The board 

 of health may appoint such number of inspectors of dairies, slaughterhouses, 

 shops, wagons, appliances, food and water supplies for animals, milk, meat, 

 butter, cheese, and substances purporting to be butter or cheese, or having the 

 semblance of butter or cheese, and such other persons as may be necessary to 

 carry out the provisions of this chapter, define their duties, and fix their com- 



