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Although under the regulations of the Dairies, Cowsheds,
and Milk Shops Order, the Council compels those who are
in charge of the cows and milk supply in the districts to
have everything necessary for a pure and wholesome supply,
it is found impossible in practice to enforce strict cleanliness,
either during the milking or afterwards in the cooling
and distribution of the milk.
One has only to examine the sediment in the bottom
of a tumbler of milk to see how much dirt it contains. This
dirt is teeming with germs which speedily cause putrefactive
changes in the milk. Such milk has to be given to
children and invalids, often with disastrous results.
A company which would establish a model farm where
the strictest cleanliness was enforced, in a residential district
like this, would be able to charge more for their
milk, and would certainly receive the support of scores
of families who, to my knowledge, are seeking for pure
milk, but cannot get it. The expensively fitted shop means
money spent at the wrong end.