TUBERCULAR COWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19066, 11 January 1924, Page 2

TUBERCULAR COWS

INFECTION THROUGH MILK. NEED EOR CLEANLINESS. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 9. A representative conference called by the Ncrth Canterbury Hospital Board to-day resolved to set up a committee to report upon the question of bone and joint tubeiuilosis, tho principal cause of which _is infection through milk from tubercular cows. Incidentally, the inspection of dairy herds for tuberculosis was described in some detail by Dr C. J. Roakos (Director-Gene-ral of Agriculture), who defended hia department's methods. Dr Reakes said that the department’s “systematic attrition” was doing much good. He had noted tho steady decrease in the number of badlyinfected cows discovered in the course of inspection, and he wished to get rid of the impression that New Zealand entile were greatly infected with tuberculosis. Dr Telford (district health officer) said that unfortunately people engaged in milking cows for city milk supplies were not of a high enough level of intelligence. It was important that the row’s body and the milker's hands should be kept, clean, but often this was not done. One found a dairyman with dirty nails and dirty everything. The human factor of intelligence ought to be taken into account in the granting o> - refusing of dnirv licenses. About. 30 delegates attended the conference. which was representative of tho local bodies in the North Canterbury < Hospital Board's district. the Canterbury division of the British Medical Association, the Canterbury Dairymen's Association, tlm North Canterbury executive o f tlm F«rn’c-e' Union, the Department of IT-abb, )'■>«, V,n. n art men t of A gri'm'tuve. and the Canterbury A. and P. Association.