CHAPTEE XIX 



SPECIAL METHODS TO OBTAIN A PUEEE MILK SUPPLY 



The inability of the present laws, both tlieoretically and as 

 practically carried out, to ensure a pure milk supply is clearly 

 recognised by those intimately acquainted with the subject, 

 and through their efforts a number of special powers have 

 been obtained, or special procedures practised by local com- 

 munities, to obtain a cleaner and a purer milk supply. In 

 America especially, great attention has been paid to this 

 subject, and several methods have been originated which are 

 of great value and worthy of at least careful consideration, if 

 not imitation, in this country. These special methods are 

 conveniently considered together under the following heads : 



I. English special milk powers. 



II. The " certified milk " movement. 



III. English milk depots. 



IV. The score-card system. 



V. Special American regula.tions. 



I. English Special Milk Powers 



These powers are practically confined to milk in its 

 relationship to tuberculosis, and as such have been fully con- 

 sidered in Chapter XVIII. 



II. Certified Milk 



The honour of originating the Medical Milk Commission 

 movement belongs to Dr. Henry Coit ^ of Newark, New Jersey, 



^ I have to thank Dr. Coit, Dr. 0. P. Geier (Secretary of the American 

 JEedical Milk Commissions Association), and Mr. L. G. Tedesche (Bacterio- 

 logist, Milk Commission, Cincinnati) for sending me their reports and numerous 

 other pamphlets on the subject, from which the account given has been largely 

 compiled. 



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