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educational methods and, with this end in view, the cleanhness 

 of glasses and other utensils, the source of syrup, the general 

 sanitation of soda fountains, and all matters pertaining to gen- 

 eral sanitation, have been carefully noted. In many of the drug 

 stores, country stores, and other places where soda fountains 

 have been found in operation, sanitary paper drinking cups and 

 ice cream dishes have been installed. 



Not a large number of drug samples have been collected dur- 

 ing the past season, but in nearly every instance the sample? 

 collected and analyzed have been found to agree essentially with 

 the pharmacopoeia requirements. 



Food Inspection. 



An attempt has been made to have education the predominat- 

 ing feature in the food sanitation and food inspection work. 

 An abundance of work has been found, owing to the installation 

 of new stores — particularly among the foreign element of our 

 larger cities. It has been very gratifying to note that numerous 

 dealers whom we have visited have placed glass in their win- 

 dows and acquired modern equipment insuring a dust-proof 

 covering for their food ; this action has been taken by the dealers 

 as a result of recommendations made by the inspectors when 

 consulting with them along the lines of perfect food sanitation, 

 and the subject of protecting their products from dust and other 

 contamination is being considered more and more by the dealers, 

 themselves, as an economical problem. 



Early in the year, a report that horse meat was being sold in 

 one of the cities of our state, was given our attention. A care- 

 ful investigation was made, samples of the suspected product 

 obtained and analyzed and, as a result of our findings, a report 

 was made to the complainant that — from the best information 

 obtainable — the product in question was not horse flesh, but an 

 inferior grade of beef. The firm suspected of selling this pro- 

 duct, however, has been under surveillance during the whole 

 year, but no violations have been detected. 



One particularly flagrant case — brought to our attention by an 

 inspector — which was carried forward to final prosecution, was 

 the slaughter and sale of a sick cow. The animal had been sold 

 by the original owner with the idea that the hide would be of 



