3. In the absence of pi'opei'^ control oi Pasteuiikaiion 

 tlie public. should demand a guarantee from the Board of 

 Health that am' so-called "Inspected i\Iilk" comes up to- a 

 reasonable standard of cleanliness. 



"Certified Milk" in any community, in the light of our 

 present kncAvledge, is not only absolutely necesrsary from 

 the standpoint of infant feeding, but the educational influ- 

 ence and its effect- on the general milk supply is far-reach- 

 ing. 



The problem in New York ie being faced on even d 

 wider scale and the New York Milk Committee (a develop- 

 ment of the Milk Commission idea), unites in ite field of 

 activities in addition to- those cited above. Standing Com- 

 mitteee representing the Production, the Consumer, Milk 

 Dealers, also on Infant Mortality, Social Relations, Legis- 

 lature, Publicity, a.nd Ways and Means. 



It is hoped that every effort v;ill be made to induce the 

 public toi support, by private phila-nthrophy assisted by 

 municipal grant, the good work begun by the Victorian 

 Order of Nurses, in order that the poor shall have within 

 their reach a safe food for feeding both the eick and well 

 babiee during the summer months. 



Until we get efficient Government regulation of this 

 great problem we must leave the general public toi help in 

 bringing a^bout gradually this ideal rnetliod. 



Each membe r of the Society present can do their share. 

 Insist that whoever peddles this "white food" and delivers 

 the same to your home must observe reasonable cleanli- 

 ness. Drive out and watch lor yourself the process of milk- 

 ing. Make the producer understand that your patronage 

 depends on these features, and in this manner you can 

 make it worth while for the clean producer to^ keep up his 

 standard as close a« possible tO' the highest ideals. 



At the close of the address several gentlemen spoke in 

 support of thqse object^i so fully set foiih by the lecturer, 



