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fore being exposed for sale. Special officers are appointed to 
see that no meat is smuggled in without inspection, and all 
meat found exposed for sale without the government stamp 
is confiscated and the seller prosecuted. 
“ In Berlin the staff engaged in meat inspection at the cen¬ 
tral abattoir comprises (besides common workmen), two hun¬ 
dred and thirty-nine persons including the director, nineteen 
veterinary surgeons, six assistant veterinary surgeons; other 
fifteen veterinary surgeons are engaged in the inspection of 
carcases slaughtered and brought into the city.” (Jour. Com. 
Path. vol. 3, p. 188). 
Now while it might not be advisable to go to the length 
Germany has gone in this matter, yet here we have not gone 
far enough. It is the duty of the government to protect the 
public by making meat inspection compulsory, and to provide 
competent meat inspectors. It is much more the duty of the 
government to see that dairies from which the public get 
their milk supply are clean and in good order, and that the 
sanitary conditions and surrouudings are as nearly perfect as 
possible. 
It is true that an enforcement of dairy inspection might 
result in hardship to certain individuals, but the public have 
a right to claim protection. 
It may also be urged that it would be almost impossible to 
control the milk supply of a large city like Boston, which 
receives its milk supply from all the surrounding country, 
but it seems to me it would be a simple enough matter if the 
State authorities had the power to grant licenses and were to 
divide the State into districts, each district being in charge of 
an inspector, whose duty it would be to inspect all dairies in 
his district; no person being allowed to sell milk without a 
license. 
And in conclusion, until some such regulations are in force 
here, and until greater attention is paid to the health and con¬ 
stitution of the dairy stock, and to the cleanliness and sanitary 
condition of the barns and their surroundings, all efforts to 
control and reduce tuberculosis in our dairy cattle must 
result in failure. 
