There were 5,000 cases of typhoid and 500 deaths and all of these persons had been drinking pasteurized milk.
The whole distribution system of pasteurized and accredited milk requires study by the retailers, and very close study.
It was found that there was a typhoid carrier in the works that pasteurized this milk, and that was where the infection came from.
Of this, only a very small quantity is pasteurized.
He asked whether there were not electrical means for pasteurizing milk, for getting rid of the germs in milk, which would do less harm.
That shows conclusively, to me, at any rate, that pasteurized milk picks up evil germs in exactly the same way as raw milk.
There should be no difference in the flavour of the milk as a result of the pasteurizing process.
In a country like this, where a large proportion of the cattle are tuberculous, it surely would be a wise precaution to pasteurize our milk.
