Twenty-ninth annual report of the Inspector of Milk and Vinegar : from January 1, 1887, to December 31, 1887.

  • Boston. Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Twenty-ninth annual report of the Inspector of Milk and Vinegar : from January 1, 1887, to December 31, 1887. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    [Document 33—1888.] CITY BOSTON. TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT or THE INSPECTOR OE MILK AND VINEGAR, FROM JAN. 1, 1887. TO DEC. 31, 1887. Office of the Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, 1151 Washington Street. To His Honor the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Boston: — Can there be any crime more detestable than the mer- cenary villany which would rob the sick and feeble of the indispensable elements of life? Those who are dis- posed to think lightly of milk-adulteration will do well to consider the two cases which follow : — Case I. In the latter part of November, a poor woman, Mrs. McN , called at the Milk Inspector’s office, bringing with her a quart can of milk. She stated that she had a little one, six months old, sick at home, for whom the milk was supplied by a certain milkman at seven cents a quart; she had consulted the dispensary doctor, being too poor to employ any other, and the physician had re- ported that the infant, poor and emaciated, must have pure milk, or it would not live. She said that she had repeatedly spoken to the milkman about his milk, and had told him that she had a sick child and must have good milk. The milk-