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amount of time for the correction of the objectionable conditions. 
A carbon copy of each notice is filed with the health officer, with the 
daily report of the inspector, on the day following the day of service, 
the original being left with the person to be notified. If the condi- 
tions which the inspector finds are so excessively bad as to warrant 
such action, he not only gives instructions for their immediate cor- 
rection, but, with the approval of the health officer, institutes crim- 
inal proceedings in the police court at once. In the ordinary cases, 
however, after the expiration of the time allowed by the notice which 
has been served, the inspector visits the premises and if the objection- 
able conditions have been corrected he so reports. Otherwise, unless 
there is reason for allowing further time, police court proceedings 
are then instituted. A scheme for the rating of dairies has recently 
been devised and is now in use. A copy of the inspector’s score card 
relating to any given dairy is filed in a jacket reserved for that dairy, 
with all other papers relating to the establishment, another copy hav- 
ing been furnished the dairyman for his information and guidance.® 
INSPECTION OF MILK. 
The inspector charged with the collection of samples of milk is ex- 
pected to bring into the department daily not less than 20 samples of 
milk. He collected during the year ended June 30, 1909, 3,760 sam- 
ples of milk and cream, an average of 12.4 samples for each work day, 
including half holidays as full days. These samples he obtained in 
the open market from dairies, grocery stores, lunch rooms, or other 
places where milk is sold, or from milk wagons, or at the railroad sta- 
tions where milk from the dairy farm first reaches the city. Milk is 
obtained by purchase whenever anyone is present to receive the 
money. Money for the purchase of samples is advanced by the 
inspector out of his own funds, and he is reimbursed each month for 
the amount thus expended. Vouchers for such reimbursement must 
be sworn to by the collector and approved by the chemist or the 
inspector detailed to assist him, such approval being based upon the 
quantity of milk actually delivered at the laboratory as shown by the 
laboratory record. The voucher may call for reimbursement for less 
milk than has been delivered at the laboratory, since in some cases no 
payment can be made at the time of collection, but it can not call for 
more. 
While one-half pint of milk is sufficient for purposes of analysis, 
yet in view of a decision of the court of appeals (D. C. v. Garrison, 
22 Appeals, D. C., 563) * 6 it is necessary for the collector to purchase 
a pint whenever the vendor claims to sell nothing less than pints, un- 
° For copies of forms used in the dairy-inspection service, see page 80G. 
& For a statement relative to this decision, see page 766. 
