Pasteurised Milk.

Manawatu Herald, 24 December 1896, Page 2

Pasteurised Milk.

To comprehend the amount of non* sense spoken by Mc Walker at his temperance meeting on Tuesday prior to the general eleotion, we draw our prohibition leaders to the note in yesterday's N.Z. Timea. In referring to the tale Mr Walker narrated about the evil effeots of alcohol on the system because it was produced by the decay of certain fruit and cereal t and therefore was, prior to becoming drink, a par feet hot bed of microbes, we mentioned that all that he had said about the preparation of liquor could be re_ peated as to Jailk, which he was urging the oonsumption of. Mr Walker evidently only read one Bide of the page, and that is often the way of people who,only want to see what theyctWplf Should be seen. If, but we do not think there is, anything in what Mr> Waffker said, it would atpear that alcohol is far the safest dnpk to take, tp be free from microbes; as in" whiskey they are killed, ia mi Ii they are alive. Thus we get to tfeflbjoote of tbe Timet, which urges that it become legally compulsory on the part of retailers of milk to hay& It pasteurised before being supplied to'the publio. Scientista who have devoted prolonged study fo the over varying conditions of milk after it leaves the cow have conclusively proved that only by pasteurising can the risk of injurious effects from its use be minimised. It is Btated that it has been conclusively proved that bacteria and odours are two of the commonest causes of the deterioration of milk. Pasteurising consists of rapidly in* creasing the temperature of tha milk, which is kept in circulation during the process, and then as rapidly cooling it. The range of temperature between the heating and cooling processes is equivalent to about 100 degrees. It is proved that in pasteurised milk the bacteria are rendered, comparatively speaking, in* nocuous when introduced into the human system. There can be no comparison between the relative wholesomeness of milk in which bacteria and animal odours ..have been allowed to develop, and that which has undergone the simple,

inexpensive, and most eff.'Ctu.l system which science haa proved alone can destroy the vitality of the living organi. m _ essentially produc tive of deterioration,