340 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



from the time of such suspension or revocation, and for the second dereliction 

 the period of suspension shall be not less than one week. 



Wherever the word " milk " is used in the preceding rules and regulations it 

 shall be understood as including cream also, except where otherwise stated or 

 where clearly excluded. 



The word " person " shall include firms and corporations. 



All temperatures are " Fahrenheit." 



By order of the board of health. 



E. C. LEVY, M. D., 



Chief Health Officer. 



Table showing results of bacteriological examination of milk in Richmond 



during 1909. 



Total samples examined, 1,018; above 250,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter, 39 samples, or 3.8 per cent 

 of all; above 500,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter, 2 samples (included in above 39), or two-tenths of 1 per 

 cent of all samples examined. 



CABE OF MILK IN THE HOME. 

 [Issued by the health department of Richmond, Va.] 



OFFICE OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 



Richmond, Va., July 10, 1907. 



The quality of the milk supply of a city has a great deal to do with the 

 health of the people. The health department of Richmond is doing everything 

 in its power to make the milk supply of this city all that it should be from a 

 sanitary standpoint, and the dairymen are actively responding to our efforts. 

 Since the 1st of May, when this work was begun, there has been a very. great 

 improvement, though much still remains to be done. 



But it is not sufficient that the milk should be clean and pure when delivered 

 to you. Unless the proper care is taken in your own home after the milk is 

 received you will not have good milk in spite of our efforts and the work of the 

 dairymen. It is therefore important that you should carefully follow the 

 instructions given in this circular not just to-day, but every day the whole year 

 round. 



Milk is the most valuable single article of diet known to man, and it is 

 the only proper food for babies under 1 year of age, when they can not get 

 the nourishment which nature intended for them their mother's milk. 



But, while good milk is such an excellent food, bad milk is one of the most 

 dangerous foods possible, being responsible for a large part of the bowel 

 troubles of babies and for the death of very many of them. 



The chief means by which milk is often made dangerous are: (1) Dirty 

 methods of keeping and milking the cows, dirty milkers, and dirty milk ves- 

 sels; (2) failure to cool the milk promptly and keep it cold until used; and (3) 

 keeping the milk too long before it is used. 



Bad milk, therefore, so far as danger to health is concerned, is dirty milk 

 or warm, stale milk. 



We are rapidly getting the dairymen of Richmond to understand these facts, 

 and we can promise you that the milk supply of Richmond will soon be among 

 the best in this country. 



