348 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



kept, and it shall immediately be cooled to 50 F. and strained through one-half 

 inch absorbent cotton or its equivalent. Nor shall any milk or cream be stored 

 or kept within any room used for stabling cows or other domestic animals. 



SEC. 15. It shall be the duty of every person having charge or control of any 

 premises upon which cows are kept to notify the health officer of the city of 

 Wheeling of the existence of any contagious or infectious disease among such 

 cows by letter delivered or mailed within 24 hours after the discovery thereof, 

 and to thoroughly isolate any cow or cows so diseased or which he may reason- 

 ably believe to be infected, and to exercise such other precaution as may be 

 directed, in writing, by the said health officer. 



SEC. 16. No person, firm, or corporation in the city of Wheeling engaged in the 

 business of producing milk for sale or exchange, or engaged in the business of 

 storing or delivering milk in said city, shall store, cool, or mix said milk in 

 any room which is occupied by horses, cows, or other animals. All rooms in 

 which milk is stored, cooled, kept, or mixed shall be provided with tight walls 

 and floor and kept constantly clean; the walls and floor of the said rooms to 

 be of such a construction as to allow easy and thorough cleansing. The room or 

 rooms aforesaid shall contain proper appliances for washing and sterilizing all 

 utensils actually employed in the storage, sale, or distribution of milk, and all 

 such apparatus and utensils shall be washed with boiling water or sterilized by 

 steam regularly after being so used. 



SEC. 17. All dairies or milk depots from which milk is offered for sale in the 

 city of Wheeling shall be open at all times to the inspection of the health officer 

 of the city of Wheeling or any officer representing him. No dip milk shall be 

 sold or exchanged or offered or exposed for sale or exchange in any grocery 

 store, bakery, meat shop, confectionery, or any other store where milk is not sold 

 exclusively. Milk sold in such places must be bottled at the dairy or city 

 depots and kept in a covered box, cooler, or refrigerator under such conditions 

 as shall be approved by the health officer. 



SEC. 18. That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions 

 of this ordinance, upon conviction for the first time, shall be adjudged to pay a 

 fine of not less than $10 nor exceeding $100, and in default of payment of such 

 fine and costs to be imprisoned in the workhouse of said city for not less than 

 10 nor more than 30 days, or both fine and imprisonment may be imposed, at 

 the discretion of the judge of the police court. Upon a second conviction the 

 fine shall not be less than $25 nor more than $100, and in default of the pay- 

 ment of such fine and costs imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more 

 than 60 days, or both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court 

 And in addition to the penalty of fine or imprisonment, or both, upon said second 

 conviction, the health officer may revoke the license of such person or persons, 

 firm, or corporation so offending. 



SEC. 19. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby 

 repealed. 



SEC. 20. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage. 



Adopted, second branch, June 11, 1907. 



Adopted, first branch, June 11, 1907. 



Sections 1 and 17 were passed as an amended ordinance April 14, 1908. 



[Post this in your barn.] 

 [Department of health, the city of Wheeling.] 



RULES AND REGULATIONS WHICH MUST BE OBSERVED BY FARMERS AND DAIRYMEN 

 IN THE CARE OF THE Cows AND HANDLING OF MILK SHIPPED TO THE CITY OF 

 WHEELING. 



THE cows. 



1. The cows must be kept clean. 



2. Manure must not be permitted to collect upon the tall, sides, udder, and 

 belly of any milch cow. 



STABLES. 



1. Cow stables must be well lighted and ventilated. 



2. Floors must be tight and well drained. 



3. Manure must be removed from the stalls and gutters at least twice daily. 

 This must not be done during milking nor within one hour prior thereto. 



