Show INfANT LIVES SAVED BY THE TUE MilK CRUSADE Much Good Work Is Accomplished Accomplished P by the New v YorK Milk Committee I I ADVICE GIVEN MOTH MOTHERS RS HOW TO CARE FOR BABY Dairymen Have Been Converted Converted Converted Con Con- by Organization to Aid in Great Fight By FREDERIC FREDERIO J J. J HASKIN I In III there thre was waa e established In the thc city lor of New York a committee known as the New York milk committee It was or- or I b h by the Association for the thc Improvement Im- Im pru provement of ot the Condition of or tire the Poor Ioor and started out mainly to improve Ue the Ile character r of the milk mill fed to babies of or the metropolis Immediately after lifter taking up Its work ark the committee found that a larger and md more far aching rc-aching problem m con con- J It that tha that t of or Improving the nations naton supply of mine milk The work It has In that direction constitutes one of or the most inspiring achievements ments In sanitary progress tho the country countr has haa wit wit- j. j Tho rho drat step taken by the tho milk committee committee committee com com- was to demonstrate the value of or I supplying wholesome milk and ami education In time the c care ro of or b babies to mothers through milk stations J to lo this end It organized the tile committee for foi the reduction of ot Infant I mortality for foi the purpose of or uniting all II tho the babies babies' welfare activities s In New York CIt City Through Its J efforts eort the agencies dealing with babies babies' Interests In New York were given givena a a 3 clearing house for th their lr labors ant and OOOO 30 pieces of or educational educational educational literature a a. year ear car ar urn are now bring being dis dis- distributed d to tenement mothers Out of ot 13 JO O babies born alive alUe and insisted assisted through the first month of or their ll s 8 by bythe the time nui nurses 8 ant anti and doctors cf of the committee only thirty seven cen en died dle-d. which la le le less than third one-third us HI man many is as died In the home of or the unassisted Committee Buys Dairy As 9 soon as th the work of or demonstrating tho ho po possibilities of H It 11 proper roPer baby say eav- Inc Ine wa was wH well on UK Its feet teet the milk committee took up another line Une of ot endeavor Jt n had already proved the value val val- value ue of or a a. proper milk supply and now It wanted to prove that such a n milk supply was aR possible To this end It decided to show the farmer how he ho could produce good milk at little little- or no Increase In coat cost So the tho dairy demonstration company vas as organized A t dairy at Rt Homer New Tork York was purchased and rehabilitated for tor handling handling handling han han- the thc milk supplied by bythe the fl farmers of ot that vicinity They rhey were were- paid a a. half halt cent moro more a quart for milk from tuberculin tuber tuber- culin tested cows a fourth of a cent more moro for milk having ln a low number of oC bacteria to tho drop and a a. fourth of a cent more for milk rich In butter butler fat The farmers were vere assured that good m methods were wert 5 more mora Important tant than hl high h priced equipment nt All palls and cans were sterilized at tho the dairy for tor the farmers far far- mars mers and all aU they had to do was wall to put the milk Into them and bring It Il to the dairy dalo The result of or this attempt at eel scientific dalr dairying ln T was as that thirty five farmers farmers far tar mers men were converted from tram skeptics Into enthusiastic supporters of the clean an milk mil crusade Create a a. Commission Having proved the possibilities of clean milk mille In the care of babies and the ease with whir which the operation co-operation of ot farmers fl In producing clean milk may be ba enlisted the next net step was wall to create a commission commis commis- commission sion made up of ot the best authorities on milk In the tho United Stites whose duty It would be to fix Ix a Q standard of milk for such states and municipalities as might see fit tit to accept It This commIssion commission commis commIs- sion alon was organized In 1911 and has hu had had five o meetings In making makInI up Its It membership membership mem mem- the names of ot over 00 men o of ot prominence In medicine sanitation public public public pub pub- lic health and ond laboratory work esp especially I ally those having ha a national reputation In milk matters mallers were considered Among the seventeen se commissioners finally secured secured secured se se- se- se cured to servo o are Dr V. A. A Evans EMins professor of or pro preventive medicine In to Northwestern Northwestern North North- western university Dr John F F. Anderson director h hygienic laboratory United United public health service Dr A. A D. D Melvin ln chief United States bureau of f anlA n I. I A mat J tr and Dr John S. S Fulton H secretary of th the International congress of or hygiene and demo demography Should Gr Grade de Milk Tho rho commission holds holda that milk should iI iII I be bo graded according to Intelligent stand stand- arils ards Just as 8 art are wheat corn ont oats cattie cat cat- coat tie tic and other commodities The The poet hat J Lamb was asked upon one o occasion ulon what t j was necessary to the enjoyment o of Qua squa squat f t fi Th The a ages iges and ho he replied Confidence milk commission holds that confidence isan laan w la an asset of the tho highest value In the milk 3 business J The Thc milk produced In this country forma for tor 1 ma market mn ket Is divided Into three 9 Trades by the commission Grade Crude A A. A A j from cows free tree from disease as determIned determined deter- deter mined b by tuberculin tests testa and physical 4 j Continued d on pago paso 5 5 v I j INFANT ANT LIVES SAVED BY TH THE MILK CRUSADE Continued from page 4 4 examinations made mad by bT qualified veterinarians handled b by persons free tree from disease as determined b by a qualified ph physician phy- phy n and produced under sanitary conditions con con- conditions such that the bacterial count shall not exceed 20 to the cubic centi centi- meter If It Pasteurized the tuberculin test and medical medics Inspection may ma- mabe be omitted Grade Jrade B B milk raw must come from healthy doves bows and must not contain more than han bacteria to the cubic cen cen- Grade C milk Includes all that hat has more moro than bacteria to the he cubic centimeter r and Is to be used only for tor cooking purposes I Pasteurized milk must be heated to d minimum temperature of HO degrees degree Fahrenheit for tor at least twenty minutes and the commission recommends that automatic au- au recording instruments should be required for making record sheets sheet for the health officers of It is recommended that all aU milk shall be dated so 80 that the consumer consumer consumer con con- sumer ma may know the day ay It left the cows cow's udder The bacterial count method of oC standardizing standardizing stand stand- I milk used because It furnishes a n. good check on the presence ot bf dirt and age It has not been een found however that this determines the ho danger of or milk in every every Instance To Illustrate Here Is a pall paia of milk that shows bacteria to the thc cubic centimeter centimeter cen- cen and here is another that shows only But the former ma may be the result of careless handling while the he latter may consist largely of typhoid Uphold germs ari arising from the use of water containing these germs for washing milk containers Medical and sanitary Inspection inspection tion lon and Pasteurization Uon are the best methods methods methods meth meth- of ot protection against human contagion conta gion slon in milk Report Interesting The full tull report of oC the commission Is a D. most Interesting one and lays down the rules whereby the milk supply of a community community community com com- may be protected and the health of ot the urban population of the nation thereby hereby materially enhanced A 1 list ot or requirements has been adopted which the commission una unanimously considers a absolutely essential to a pr proper per regulation of ofa ofa ofa a municipal milk supply Then there is also a list of ot recommendations which sets forth th the things s which it is advisable to todo todo do but which depend principally upon the public f sentiment of the community H as aso asto to o whether or not the they shall be made law aw Altogether ether the report of tho tile coin commission commis- commis nis- nis slon sion constitutes the tho most a advanced toward a whole wholesome ome national milk mille supply that has yet jet et been taken It has t c with approval b by sanitarians everywhere and It will undoubtedly prove the basis upon upon which the tho la laws ws tJ and lI ordinances of the stales slates and municipalities of the fu future fu fu- ture tuie will wUl be enact enacted d Few peo people le realize the importance of a wholesome milk supply One of all th the food tho the average man eats ent is milk or its derl a derivatives tI es Nothing that tha t passes e his lips Is so susceptible to cont contagion lon and nud dirt as the milk he u uses cs The TIP conta contusion contagion lon lonu u usually p comes comes from the human intestinal tract while the dirt is made up mainly lof of tiny they particles particle of cow manure The major portion of the milk supply of the tune country comes from the small farm where the milk business Is merely a D. b byproduct by pro product and tho the problem of getting good milk is Ig largely one or bf piling paying more for clean milk than for or unclean milk The effort efort of the milk commission his hag been heen to frame regulations that will not drive e the th small milk seller out of or hu business but which will ill nevertheless S teach him to re regard regard re- re gard the tho welfare of oC the people In the city to whom his milk goes It I Is realised that all this thin means most of all a campaign campaign campaign cam cam- of ot ed education catton |