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inspected and milk from 390 was excluded from Chicago on account of unsanitary 

 conditions and from 50 on account of contagious diseases on the premises. Of 860^ 

 cows tested in the city, 7.2 per cent, reacted. 



The sanitary standard of milk must come up to the following conditions : 



Must not have more than 1,000,000 per cc. on arrival in city from May to 

 September, or 500,000 the balance of the year; 



Must not have an "excessive number" when delivered to consumer; 



Must not have any tubercle, typhoid, diphtheria or other pathogenic germs; 



No milk containing over 3,000,000 per cc. shall be sold and any dealer whose 

 milk exceeds this on three successive counts shall be prohibited selling until the 

 method of production and handling shall have been regulated by the Department; 



Milk is not considered sanitary if a quart, well mixed, strained through a piece 

 of white linen cloth four inches square, shows' any perceptible sediment. 



