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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 75, Issue 1, 15 July 1947, Page 108

TUBERCULOUS MILK (AIISI OF DISEASE In New Zealand in 1945, 187 people died from non-pulmonary tuberculosis that is, tuberculosis of the brain, the bowels, the glands, the bones and the joints. Many of these deaths could have been prevented, because many were due to milk-borne tuberculosis. Fatal infection can take place in childhood through drinking impure milk. . * - . ■ Milk-borne tuberculosis can be prevented 7 t , 1. By boiling the milk (which kills the tubercle bacilli and alters the composition of the milk) z 2. By pasteurising all milk (which also kills the tubercle bacilli but does not impair the nutritive value). If you cannot get pasteurised milk, here is an easy home method of pasteurising it yourself; fill the lower part of a double boiler : with water, place the milk in the upper part, cover, and heat until the water boils; allow it to boil for 3 minutes; remove and cool immediately by placing the upper part (which contains the milk) in a large vessel of cold water; change the water every few minutes until the milk is as cold as the water. • TUBERCULOSIS can spread from COWS TO HUMANS, BUT NOT IF YOU ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Keep thi* announcement for future reference. 21C