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While the establishment of milk control on the part 

 of the public leaves much to be desired, private initia- 

 tive, as mentioned before, has led to significant sanitary 

 improvement, in that large stock companies have been 

 formed in many cities to provide sanitary milk and have 

 voluntarily subjected themselves to extra expense for 

 guaranteeing and controlling it. In some respects, this 

 voluntary control far surpasses what the public could 

 impose at this time. Appendix I gives the require- 

 ments of the youngest company in Copenhagen (" Tri- 

 folium "), which shows how far a private company may 

 carry this sanitary control, and these regulations may 

 well serve as a model for other places. 



While the companies referred to established their 

 own requirements and determined the extent of the con- 

 trol to which they submitted, another very successful 

 plan has been inaugurated in Stockholm, which consisted 

 in the establishment, in 1885, by private initiative, of a 

 milk commission of 9 members, including 4 physicians, 1 

 veterinarian and 1 chemist. The members of this com- 

 mission are chosen in part by the Board of Health and 

 in part by the Medical Society. This commission has 

 outlined a comprehensive control, which includes all who 

 desire it and who are ready to bear the expense con- 

 nected with it. The business advantages of this control 

 are such that a higher price than usual is obtained for 

 the milk produced under it. 



Since the legal requirements in the different cities 

 vary and are adapted to the local conditions, it is 

 not possible to give a concise, epitomized view of 

 existing regulations ; ^* the following, however, is an 



^* For a review of the local milk inspection laws of the United 

 States and recommendations, see " The Milk Supply of Two Hundred 

 Cities and Towns," by H. E. Alvord and R. A. Pearson. U. S. Dept. 

 of Agr., B. A. I. Bulletin No. 46, Washington, 1903. 



