APPENDIX I 311 



Public Health' Service, has not been published. To-day, 

 March 5th, 1908, as the last proofs are being read, the 

 Neio York Times contains the following statement, plainly 

 indicating that the position taken in this volume is, in 

 the main, supported by this federal investigation : — 



500 EPIDEMICS FROM MILK 



Surgeon General Wyman Reports Results of 

 Federal Investigation 



Washington, D.C, March 4. — Surgeon General Walter 

 Wyman of the Public Health Service to-day submitted to Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury Cortelyou a " Report on Milk in its 

 Relation to Public Health." The report is the result of an 

 investigation ordered by President Roosevelt aud conducted by 

 Federal experts. 



In his introduction to the twenty-two treatises of the experts, 

 Dr. Wyman says : " The steady decrease in general mortality 

 does not apply to the infants. It is recognized that gastro- 

 intestinal disease is the largest single factor determining infant 

 mortality. This enormous loss of potential wealth is of grave 

 concern to the state and worthy of most careful consideration. 

 It has been the object of this work to include all available data 

 showing the influence of milk as a carrier of infection and the 

 measures necessary in consequence." 



The Surgeon General writes : — 



"Dr. Mohler points out that probably the most important 

 disease of cows from the standpoint of public health is tuber- 

 culosis, and that it is the most prevalent. He insists that all 

 milk should come from either tuberculosis tested cattle or be 

 subjected to pasteurization. 



" References wiU be observed to the achievements of Mr. 

 Nathan Straus in promoting the use of clean pasteurized milk 

 for infants and the establishment of infants' milk depots both 

 in the United States and abroad, and it is proper here to give 

 recognition to his philanthropic aud successful efforts." 



