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agreement with farmers prohibiting any person on the farm
affected with an infectious disease or tuberculosis, from taking any
part in dairy operations.
Company D deals with 100 farmers. It sends no samples
for bacteriological examination. It never inspects the farms. It
leaves these matters to local authorities. There is the usual clause
in the contract agreement referring to the outbreaks of infectious
disease amongst employees or their families, abstention from work,
and notice to the company.
Company E deals with a "arge number" of farmers. It
has occasionally sent samples of milk for bacteriological examination
and a veterinary surgeon to inspect the stock. The contract
agreement has the infectious disease and prohibition clauses referred
to above, and the company guarantees the farmers against
any loss or damage arising by reason of any outbreak.
Company F deals with 20 farmers, each of whom has to send
to the company (1) a veterinary surgeon's certificate on the health
of his cows every six months; (2) at the commencement of the
contract term a certificate from the local sanitary authority as to
the sanitary condition of the cowsheds and farm premises.
The company sends no samples for bacteriological examination.
As far as these results go, with an exception possibly in favour
of the company first mentioned, the safeguarding arrangements
indicated cannot be regarded as even verging on the satisfactory.
Death Notification Interval.- Of all the 421 cases
notified during 1913, 41 died before the end of the year.
Six died within a week of the time when they were notified; 16
died within a month.
One patient was notified five days after he had died.