569 
The following table shows the number and per cent of the whole 
number in each of the three sections, District of Columbia, Maryland, 
and Virginia — scoring between 0-10, 10 and 20, 20 and 30, etc. : 
Scoring from — 
Virginia. 
Maryland. 
District of Columbia. 
Number. 
Per cent 
of all. 
Number. 
Per cent 
of all. 
Number. 
Per cent 
of all. 
Oto 10 
10 to 20 
4 
0.76 
20 to 30 
7 
2.18 
76 
14.44 
2 
3.02 
30 to 40 
44 
14.96 
173 
32.85 
7 
10.60 
40 to 50 
83 
28.23 
164 
31.18 
13 
19.69 
50 to 60 
89 
30.20 
74 
14.01 
21 
31.81 
60 to 70 
53 
18.02 
22 
4. 18 
13 
19.69 
70 to 80 
14 
4.42 
10 
1.90 
9 
13. 63 
80 to 90 
3 
1.02 
3 
.55 
1 
1.51 
90 to 100 
1 
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The inspection of the city milk plants showed a better condition of 
affairs in some particulars than the inspection of the farms. 
Seventy-four establishments showed an average score of 72.58 per 
cent; 4 per cent scored 90 or above; 16 per cent scored in the eighties; 
49 per cent scored in the seventies; 25 per cent scored in the sixties; 
6 per cent scored in the fifties. 
The average rating of the dairies and city milk plants in the vicinity 
of Washington does not differ materially from that in other parts of 
the country. The cities that have adopted the score-card system and 
are regularly following it up are reporting dairy conditions constantly 
improving. Dealers take advantage of the situation and bid up on 
the high-scoring dairies and thus encourage better work on the part 
of the farmer. The dairymen want a high score and by studying the 
points in the score card are able to improve their conditions. On sub- 
sequent inspection they get a better score in almost every instance. 
A number of cities publish from time to time in the local papers or 
through boards of health circulars the complete results of the score. 
This publicity has a very stimulating effect in inducing the dairymen 
and milk dealers to improve their conditions. 
Perhaps not the least valuable part of the score-card system is 
the demand it makes for better and more competent inspectors. It 
has usually resulted in the dissatisfaction of inspectors with their 
previous work. The study of the premises in detail with the view 
of fixing the exact value of conditions requires better and more con- 
scientious work. Wherever the system has failed, and there have 
been but one or two such, it has failed because the inspector did not 
relish the comparison of the results with his previous work. 
