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supply, and at Sault Ste. Marie a model dairy was under contempla- 

 tion. In the matter of municipal regulation. Fort William had had a 

 by-law drafted and under consideration for over a year, but it had not 

 been adopted. No regular inspections are made. At Port Arthur, Dr. Laurie, 

 Medical Health Officer, devoted some attention to the milk supply and tests were 

 made by Mr. Trenks, Milk and Meat Inspector. At Sault Ste. Marie a consider- 

 able portion of the supply is pasteurized by the continuous 1 process. The town 

 has a comprehensive by-law bearing date of January 27, 1908. It provides for 

 the licensing of all vendors annually, said license to be granted on receipt of a cer- 

 tificate from a veterinary to the effect that the applicant's cows are in a healthy 

 condition. On request of the local health authorities, the tuberculin test may be 

 applied to any suspected animal. Requirements are also laid down to provide for 

 ventilation and cleanliness both in the stables and milk houses. Milk must con- 

 tain at least 3.3 butter fat. The regulations as 1 to standard of milk to be sold 

 applies to hotels, restaurants and boarding houses. The following clause concludes 

 the regulations, the administration of which is under the direction of Dr. McCaig, 

 Medical Health Officer: 



"To the dairyman complying with the foregoing regulations absolutely, and 

 who is further able to distribute the milk within 12 hours after milking, keeping 

 it in refrigerators or in ice water until delivered to the consumer, the Board of 

 Health will grant a special license or certificate stating that the milk so handled 

 and preserved is in a safe condition for the feeding of infants deprived of their 

 maternal nourishment/' 



Dr. E. J. Manion, Medical Health Officer for Fort William, submitted the 

 following replies in answer to questions: 



"The supply is fairly satisfactory but could be made more so by proper in- 

 spection and enforcement of a pure milk law. I think a standard of butter fat 

 is desirable and I think 3.5 per cent, would be satisfactory. Where milk is doubt- 

 ful I think pasteurization good but not necessarily where previous suggestions are 

 carried out. The tuberculin test has not been used in this district. I think tuber- 

 culosis fairly prevalent among dairy cattle. I think that the best plan to get a 

 clean raw milk supply at moderate cost is to have uniform laws in regard to milk 

 standard and regular inspection by competent inspectors/' 



SOME OF THE LARGER TOWNS. 



Of the larger towns, which are almost cities by virtue of population, though 

 not by incorporation, visits were paid to Gait, Berlin, Brockville and Owen Sound. 

 All, it was found, make more or less regular tests of milk for butter fat. In 

 Berlin no sample went below 3.4, while the average for the nine months of the 

 year for each dealer ranged between 3.5 and 4.2. At Gait comparative tests were 

 made of night and morning milk, with the following interesting results: 



Morning. Night. Morning. Night. 

 3.9 3.8 2.7 3.9 



5.1 5.1 4. 4. 



3.9 4.1 3.6 4.4 



3.3 4.3 3.5 4.2 



3.7 3.9 4. 3. 



In Gait, Dr. Vardon, Medical Health Officer, makes no inspection of dairies, 

 but inspections are made occasionally by the Chief of Police. In Berlin, regular 



