MILK SUPPLY DISCUSSED.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2051, 30 November 1907, Page 1

MILK SUPPLY DISCUSSED.

CLEARING DEPOTS DESIRABLE. Press Association. •AUCKLAND, Nov. 29. At itho invitation of Dr. Purdy, District Health Officer, a barge number of Auckland milk vendors discussed the question of milk supply with Dr. Mason, Chief Officer ot the Health 'Department, Dr. Mason referred to the desirability of the establishment of clearing depots el-' tiler -by municipalities or combined action on the part of vendors. .1 lie quality of bhe milk supply in Auckland was very much better than in Wellington, which, of the big cities in the Dominion, had absolutely the worst supply. The milk was cojF veyod in to the city by train, and dumped down in cans on the railway Station plat-form, where at was often left iof several hours, in some instances with lids off the cans, .lie intended to have this checked by legulation, The Auckland supply was not as good as that of Dunedin, which was the best in the Dominion, largely because there was a- big company ‘there, in which anally milkmen were shareholders. An agreement had boon juado whereby tho Agric-ul-tural Department would see the regulations avere carried out -ljntil the milk arrived at the depots, when the Health Department would see to its distribution without interfering with the rights of local bodies. Dr. Purdy said 18 or 19 cases of enteric at Hamilton had been traced to one milk supply, where a man and his wife who 1 milked the cows were suffering from fever. Dr. Purdy agreed with the suggestion for tlie appointment of lady inspectors, whose duty would be to go round the city inspecting milk receptacles.