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 nation. Thus he cannot examine all occupants of the farm for 



contagious disease, as he is neither empowered nor competent to 

 do so. Again he may not be able to be present at milking time, 

 although this is almost essential to make a proper inspection. The 

 form on which the inspection is written (see pp. 209, 210) will be 

 made in quadruplicate, i. c, the original and 3 carbon copies. One is 

 to be retained, one is sent at once to the city health office, one to 

 the city retailer, and one is given to the farmer. The standard of 

 marking the inspection blank is of importance. Thus Health Officer 

 Woodward says that if the standard is perfection, a total per- 

 centage of 30 should enable a farm to pass muster; but, if the 

 standard is only one which might be reasonably expected of the 

 present-day, progressive dairyman, then a total of 70% should be 

 required. 



If the farm is not up to the standard the inspector must notify 

 the farmer that he will take his permit away (see p. 208) if the 

 requirements are not fulfilled. If the farmer is outside of the 

 legal authority of the inspector then the city dealer in the milk 

 will be notified by the inspector, through the city health office, 

 that his permit will be revoked unless he ceases to purchase the 

 milk from the delinquent farmer. 



It is usually the custom to give the producer fair warning and 

 an opportunity to repair his shortcomings rather than to imme- 

 diately invoke the aid of the law. If the milk is subject to in- 

 fection from contagious disease its sale will be at once stopped by 

 the inspector. I quote the following from Dr. Woodward of Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, to whom I am much indebted for information 

 concerning milk inspection : * 



" Each inspector of dairy farms files with the health officer, 

 daily, a report of his operations for the preceding day. In addition 

 to this he keeps his own record of outstanding notices, and as soon 



* See Bull. No. 41, Hygienic Laboratory, U. S. Surgeon-General's office- 



