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organized in 1893. In 1904 the term "certified" was 

 registered in the United States Patent Office to protect 

 it from being degraded by milkmen not under contract 

 with a medical commission. There were in 1917 seventy- 

 nine such medical milk commissions in the United States, 

 all of them being members of the American Association 

 of Medical Milk Commissions. A few states forbid the 

 sale of milk as certified unless produced under the ap- 

 proval of regularly organized medical milk commissions. 



Though most medical milk commissions are somewhat 

 similar in character, there are some differences, as, for ex- 

 ample, in the three commissions located respectively in 

 Milwaukee, Chicago, and Minneapolis. The Milk Com- 

 mission of the Milwaukee Medical Society is composed 

 of nine members, all of them physicians. They are 

 appointed yearly by the Milwaukee Medical Society, 

 under which the commission operates. The expenses, in- 

 cluding inspection expenses, are met by the producers of 

 certified milk and are prorated on the basis of number of 

 quarts sold in Milwaukee and suburbs. The inspecting 

 is done by the commission and consists of monthly sani- 

 tary inspection, monthly health inspection of employees, 

 veterinary inspection at least every two weeks, and weekly 

 examination of milk. All inspections are made without 

 previous notice. The score card of the Dairy Division 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture is used 

 in the sanitary inspection. 



The Milk Commission of the Chicago Medical Society 

 is composed of seven members, all physicians, elected for 

 three years by the County Medical Society. The expenses 

 are prorated to the different farms which choose to oper- 

 ate under the commission. The inspection is done by the 

 society on the basis of the government score card. 



