DIRTY MILK

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2871, 8 September 1916, Page 6

DIRTY MILK

PLEA FOR PROSECUTIONS WITHOUT WARNING.

At the meeting of the City Council held last evening a report from the Public Health Committeo included the following clause:— "The committeo havo to report that they havo received tho report of the Milk Inspector 'from the period August 8 to August 30, together with the Dominion Analyst's bertificates. Attached .hereto is a schedule summarising the reports mado on the samples. Tho committeo have to recommend that in all future cases whero it is reported that an appreciable amount of dirt is discoviered in the samples taken proceedings bo instituted against the vendors." , In presenting the report, Councillor Godber referred to the growing number of cases of dirty milk that were being discovered in the City. The Health Department still thought that vendors of such dirty milk should bo warned, but in view of tho large 'number of cases where vendors had been found disposing of dirty milk, the committeo was of opinion that prosecutions should bs made without warning. Before the report was adopted Councillar M'Kenzie drew the attention • of members of the Public Health Committee to complaints that were being made about the quality of the butter that was being • sold in the City. Ho said that the butter was of poor qualiy—if it was butter at all—and lie simply wished to draw the attention of the committee to the matter.

Councillor Luckie drew attention to the difficulty that stared the City in the face in tho matter of a milk supply. The committee, he know, had done good work, but it had nothing definite to show for it. He saw very grave difficulty in not only regulating the milk supply, but in getting a supply at all. High prices were ruling for dairy farming adjacent to tho City high prices for butter and cheese, and in addition to that, tho land suitable fod dairy farming adjacont to tho City was gradually being encroached upon. Ho thought the troubje would become more and more acute each year. Councillor R. A. Wright said that no one could appreciate the difficulties involved in this question unless they were members of the committee. As an instanco, he said that milk secured at Paraparaumu on Tuesday evening was not delivered in town until Thursday morning. No one knew exactly why that occurred. The only femedy for this was for the council to • appoint some person or persons to go through the district, and ascertain what was the cause of the delay. The wholo question simply bristled with difficulties, but tlioy were doing all they possibly could in the matter. Tho report was adopted.