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losis colonies of the germs of this disease are of
course conveyed to the milk at the time of milking,
and the milk of this one cow mixed with the milk
from other cows may pollute the whole supply of
a dairy. The bacillus of tubercle is very tenacious
of life, but can readily be killed by boiling, hence
one reason—amongst others—why it is so desirable
that boiled milk should be used in the
nursery and generally. Children, as a rule, dislike
boiled milk because of the flavour imparted to it,
but that dislike can for the most part be overcome
by encouragement, perseverance, and, if necessary,
insistence. It is a fact that French children are
rarely or never given raw milk, and a little careful
thought on the subject of "cooked" versus " raw "
milk should soon supply plenty of argument, all
in one way, to the mind of the thinker.
Of course the deduction from this is, the
strictest possible enforcement of the law as to
cleanliness and ventilation of cowsheds, the proper
grooming of the cows, the cleansing of the udders,
and the hands of the milkers, these latter particulars
apparently receiving too little attention from
cowkeepers.
In this district, I am glad to be able to say,
for the interest of milk consumers—and that means
everyone—the District Council, acting on the
advice of the Sanitary Committee and its officers,
have hitherto immediately availed themselves to
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