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standards Value of the streptococcus estimation Value of the 

 B. enteritidis sporoggnes estimation Value of the examination of the 

 stained centrifugalised deposit Bacteriological milk standards: 

 utility, variations with nature of the milk, suggested standards. 



PART III 

 PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL OF THE MILK SUPPLY 



CHAPTEE XV 



EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE MILK SUPPLY . . . . , 243 



Structural byre defects : floor, drainage, lighting, ventilation, air 

 space Proximity of the manure heap to the byre Cleanliness 

 of the cows Cleanliness of the milk vessels Water supply for 

 cows and for washing milk vessels The milking process as usually 

 conducted Wet milking Milk transit The cooling of milk 

 Railway transit Churns and milk contamination Milk-sorting at 

 railway stations Conditions under which milk is purveyed 

 General shops selling small amounts of milk Provision for milk 

 storage on consumer's premises. 



CHAPTER XVI 



KEFORMS IN THE CONDITIONS OF MILK SUPPLY . . .272 



Essential structural requirements of a good cowshed Air-space 

 standards Lighting and ventilation requirements Influence of 

 cold sheds on the cows Floor construction and drainage of cow- 

 sheds Water supply to sheds and cows The essentials of clean 

 milking Milking machines Freedom of the cow and those who 

 handle milk from disease Milk strainers Cooling of milk Rate 

 of cooling and heating up of milk Types of milk coolers Milk- 

 collecting depots and factories Sanitary milk churns Locking of 

 churns in transit Railway transit Regulating the mixing of 

 milk Improvements in milk- purveying Bottles v. cans for delivery 

 Types of milk bottle Care of milk by the consumer. 



CHAPTER XVII 



LEGAL POWERS IN ENGLAND APPLICABLE TO MILK . . .298 



Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1878 Dairies, Cowsheds, and 

 Milkshops Orders Model regulations under the Orders Public 



