484 THE CONTROL OF THE MILK SUPPLY 



gravity below 103 1 or above 1034 is at once set aside for further 

 examination. In addition samples are regularly taken from the 

 carriers in the streets, and from the small quantities they return 

 unsold. The Company uses neither preservatives nor colouring 

 matters of any kind in the milk or cream that is sold, and find that 

 there is but little public demand for bright yellow milk that will 

 keep for two days or longer. 



The contract, it may be remarked, requires the farmer to 

 deliver his milk at the nearest railway station in the Company's 

 churns, which must be sealed. Thus a check is placed upon 

 fraudulent adulteration in transit. Milk churns not sealed 

 are set on one side on arrival. Any milk returned unsold to 

 the Company's depot from the retailers is separated at once, and 

 the cream churned after two or three days' ripening. The Com- 

 pany also prepares various kinds of " modified " and " humanised " 

 milks for special purposes in accordance with commercial or 

 professional demand.^ 



2. The Dairy Supply Company of Copenhagen^ 



Copenhagen is probably better supplied with milk than any other 

 town in Europe, and has the largest number of model dairies. The 

 town is served principally by two dairy companies. The oldest of 

 these companies, the " Kjobenhavns Maelkeforsyning " of Busck 

 (Dairy Supply Company of Copenhagen) was the model not 

 only for its rival the " Danske Maelke-Compagni " (Danish Dairy 

 Company), but also for many similar enterprises formed in certain 

 centres in other countries. These two companies, very similar 

 in their organisation and working, differ in the fact that the 

 first delivers fresh milk, preserved by means of ice, whilst the 

 second sells pasteurised milk. They both have a very large 

 custom, for, although they do not treat the milk in the same 

 manner, they both provide their customers with a product of 

 excellent quality. 



Until 1878 milk was sold in Copenhagen by milkmen, grocers, 



^ It is perhaps desirable to add that this Company has merely been taken as 

 an illustration of what is done in England. Other English companies follow 

 similar lines. 



^ Since the description of this Company's operations which we had prepared 

 was written, and which had been obtained from various sources, there has 

 appeared the excellent report of Dr Henri de Rothschild, who was appointed by 

 the French Government to inspect this Company's work, and report. We have, 

 therefore, abstracted the following account from Dr Rothschild's statement.— 

 Rev. d^Hyg. et Med. Infant, 1902, pp. 461-494. 



