THE MILK SUPPLY.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14956, 1 May 1914, Page 4

THE MILK SUPPLY.

TO THE EDITOR OF "THE PRESS." Sir, —The moro important- arguments for tho municipal control of tho distribution of milk have been forcibly put by "Hopeful." 1 do not think that anyone could disagree with your correspondent's contention as to the vital necessity of maintaining the strictest inspection of our milk supply, and of ensuring its distribution under the most hygienic conditions. It is well known that milk is peculiarly liable to infection, and no doubt our. comparative freedom from infection from this source is duo to an abundant vitality rathor than to tho excellence of our milk, which, under present conditions, cannot but come to us in a most unsatisfactory state. Not long ago I noticed milk being delivered from a cart containing, besides the milk cans, large tins of pig wash. And there arc many cases of milkmen who u=e their milk carts when engaged collecting what is often the most objectionable refuse. I hope that those of your readers (and they must bo many) who aro satisfied that our present system of milk supply and distribution leave*, us a prey to the most serious possibilities—infection, adulteration, etc. —will make their voice heard, that this vital matter may bo put in the very forefront of the city's policy this year. —Yours, etc., J ANXIOUS. |