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In the absence of Government dairies which can only be establish- 
ed in the larger towns, a more rigid control both from the hygienic and 
analytical point of view is the alternative, if pure milk of a good quality 
is to be obtained. . . ,, f 
If one may judge of the effect of such control by the results of 
analyses and the reduction of convictions obtained for adulteration, 
my opinion is that such control is sufficient to ensure milk of a 
good quality from our local cattle. ^ 
Such control can now be carried out m most districts m the h . M. 
S. by the appointment of health officers and sanitary inspectors as is 
now bein* 5 done. The health officer can train his inspectors sufficiently 
to carry out a routine milk analysis with the outlay of only a f»mall 
sum on apparatus etc., and in many places the District Surgeons who 
are also District Health Officers holding the Diploma of Public Health 
are already qualified. With a good train service milks can be sampled, 
sealed and despatched to the nearest central station for analysis quite 
easily in many cases without any danger of becoming sour on the way (sou 
milks require a much more elaborate analysis to obtain accurate results) 
as I have found by experience. Samples collected m the 
probably about 6 a.m., despatched from Seremban Station at b.lo p. m-. 
and armving at Kuala Dumper at 8 38 by tram and received in the 
laboratory about 9.30 a.m., or later have been quite satisfactory afi Se 
travelling a distance of nearly 50 miles and not having been packed m 
Samples collected in Klang about 6.30 a.m., a distance ot over 20 
miles and received in the laboratory sometimes as late as midday and 
analysed in the afternoon have also travelled without becoming soul on 
th6y Even cas“fi wTere samples h“ e to be despatched over longer ^ 
tanees the addition of a few drops of formalin or other preseivative 
would not interfere with the analysis if the additions were made y 
some reputable person. 
B. J. Eaton, 
Government Chemist, F . M, S. 
