1909 



MILK COMMISSION. 



63 



DEATH RATES FROM TUBERCULOSIS IN PARIS AND CHICAGO. 

 Eate per 100,0&) of population. 



CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE. 

 Rate per 100,000 population of same age. 



Dr. Egan maintains that " through inspections of dairies and farms and sani- 

 tary supervision of dairy herds, any city can procure a good milk supply/' and he 

 concludes by characterizing pasteurization as an "unreliable remedy for an uncer- 

 tain danger." 



STORES MUST SELL IN BOTTLES ONLY. 



Although thus far consideration has been given only to pasteurization and 

 tuberculin testing, it must not be thought these are the only features of Chicago 

 milk laws. In fact, Chicago ordinances include all thos'e features which modern 

 thought regards as essential in safeguarding the milk supply of a great city. And 

 they have one regulation not found in many other cities, and it provides that no 

 milk or cream may be sold in stores where other merchandise is sold unless it is 

 "kept and sold in tightly closed and capped bottles' or receptacles of a similar nature 

 such as shall be approved by the Commissioner of Health.'' This was passed on 

 June 22, 1908, and the object is to prevent the contamination to which bulk milk 

 is exposed. It is described by the Health Department after a year's experience as 

 "one of the very best ordinances we have." 



The Department maintains ten inspectors in the city and eight among the 

 farms in the country. During 1908. dairy l'nrm< \<> tlio number of 9,707 were 



