Exhibit B. — Cost and work of the milk-inspection service of the District of 
Columbia. 
[Appropriations made for the supervision and control of the milk supply of the District of 
Columbia.] 
Number of employees of each grade. 
Traveh'ng 
Contingent 
Date of ap- 
propriation 
act. 
Fiscal 
year. 
$400. 
$900. 
$1,000. 
$1,200. 
$1,500. 
$1,600. 
$1,800. 
expenses, 
outside 
District of 
Columbia. 
expenses, 
chemical 
labora- 
tory. 
1895-6 
"1 
b l 
$250 
Mar. 2,1895 
June 11,1896 
1896-7 
a cj 
b l 
1897-8 
a c 2 
b l 
Mar. 3,1897 
June 30,1898 
Mar. 3,1899 
June 6,1900 
Mar. 1,1901 
Mar. 8,1903 
July 1,1902 
Apr. 27,1904 
1898-9 
SCI 
b l 
1899-1900- . 
C 1 
b l 
1900-1 
1 
C 1 
b l 
1901-2 
5 I 
C 1 
b l 
1902-8. - 
7 1 
C 1 
b l 
$1,000 
1,200 
<*1,000 
1908—1 
7 
C 1 
b l 
1901-5 - - 
3 
4 
C 1 
b l 
1 1,200 
J- <*i,oooj 
1905-6 
3 
4 
"1 
b l 
\ 300 
1,200 
1,500 
2,000 
<*1,000 
<*1,000 
<*1,000 
e Mar. 3,1905 
Do. 
June 27,1906 
Mar. 2,1907 
1906- 7 
1907- 8 - _ 
3 
3 i 
4 
5 
C 1 
C 1 
b l 
b ! 
"Veterinarian to all branches of the District government. 
6 Chemist: performs all chemical work for the health department and much for other branches 
of District government. 
"Inspector of live-stock and dairy farms. 
<*This fund covers all expenses of chemical laboratory, whether related to milk or not. 
e Deficiency . 
[The records of the inspection of dairies has not been kept in such a manner as to permit the 
making of a statement showing the relative amount of work done from year to year.] 
Year. 
Number 
of dairy- 
farms in- 
spected. 
Number 
of inspec- 
tions of 
dairy 
farms. 
Number 
of cattle 
on dairy 
farms. 
Number 
of inspec- 
tions of 
cattle. 
Number 
of 
samples 
of milk 
analyzed. 
Number 
of 
samples 
of cream 
analyzed. 
1895 
545 
21 
1898 
479 
1897 
405 
244 
6 
1898 
(«) 
350 
1899 
596 
3,240 
273 
53 
1900 
806 
3,508 
413 
39 
1901 - _ . . 
841 
957 
15,459 
776 
59 
1902 
( b ) 
2,265 
38,645 
4,737 
334 
1903 
788 
3,399 
15,930 
64,879 
6,090 
146 
1904 
887 
4,092 
17,733 
69,108 
7,798 
150 
1905 
930 
3,633 
16,166 
61,708 
7,803 
427 
1908 - - 
918 
3,526 
16,250 
59,851 
6,066 
651 
o The record for the year 1803 fails to show the number of inspections of dairy farms actually 
& The record for the year 1902 fails to show the number of farms actually inspected. 
