320 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF MILK, 



Providence, R. I. 



Tour attention is respectfully called to the following suggestions, which are 

 offered in the hope that the quality of milk sold in this city may be improved : 



Keep the milk clean and cold. 



Mix your milk thoroughly before each sale. 



Clean all measures and scald them daily with boiling water. In warm 

 weather rinse out your measures and mixing can occasionally with water. 



Keep all milk and milk measures in a clean, sweet ice box at all times when 

 you are not selling from the same. 



Always keep the milk cans and measures covered to prevent dust, and with it 

 the disease-breeding bacteria, from contaminating the milk you are selling. 



Milk cans must not be used for any purpose other than for the sale of milk. 



Failure to comply with these suggestions may lead to a revocation of your 

 license to sell milk. 



Very respectfully* WALTEE O. SCOTT, Inspector of Milk. 



OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF MILK, 



Providence, R. I. 

 To the milk dealers of the city of Providence: 



Your attention is respectfully called to the following suggestions, which must 

 be carefully followed if the milk which you sell is to contain less than 100,000 

 bacteria in a cubic centimeter : 



The stables must be kept clean and should be whitewashed at least once a 

 year. 



The cows must be groomed daily and be free from disease. 



The hands of the milkers must be washed immediately before milking, and 

 all milking must be done with dry hands. 



The first milk from each teat must be rejected and not collected in the milk 

 pail. 



All milk utensils and strainers must be thoroughly cleansed by the use of 

 boiling water, and all cans and bottles must be sterilized before they are again 

 used. 



All milk cans must be kept covered to prevent dust and flies from contami- 

 nating the milk. 



Milk utensils and cans must not be left to air by the dusty roadside, near 

 the sink-drain outlet, the pigsty, or the open privy vault. 



All milk must be rapidly cooled and continuously maintained at a temperature 

 below 50 F. 



Failure on your part or on the part of your dairymen to comply with these 

 suggestions may lead to a revocation of your license to sell milk. 

 Very respectfully, 



WALTER O. SCOTT, Inspector of Milk. 



OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF MILK, 



Providence, R. I. 



SEASONS FOR THE SUGGESTIONS OFFERED BY THIS DEPARTMENT. 

 [The facts contained in this circular have been taken from official publications.] 



To tJie milk dealers of the city of Providence: 



Your attention is respectfully called to the following suggestions offered by 

 this department, intended to improve the quality of the milk offered for sale 

 in this city, to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, and for the protection 

 of the public health. The importance of a clean milk supply is recognized 

 by all intelligent people and should require no argument. It has been my expe- 

 rience that every milk dealer feels that his milk is the best that can be ob- 

 tained, and to this overconfidence and failure to carefully follow the sugges- 

 tions offered by this department every complaint against the purity of our 

 milk supply can be traced. With clean, healthy cows, clean hands, properly 



