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black and uninviting. What windows there were in the place 

 were almost impervious to light because of dirt. The floor was 

 covered thick with layer after layer of flour, coal dust, dirt 

 from the street and general filth, trodden in a hard layer over 

 the entire place. Over head uncovered piping and wiring 

 stretched across the entire room, and from the appearance of 

 the dust and cobwebs attached there was no indication that 

 the place had ever been brushed out. Bags of flour and salt 

 were piled upon the floor and covered with coal dust, dirt and 

 grime. An open toilet in one corner of the room was reeking 

 with filthy odors. The racks upon which the bread was piled 

 were covered thick with layers of dirt, and the sink was foul 

 with layer after layer of a hardened paste of dough and dirt. 

 In this case a hearing was appointed at which the proprietors 

 of the place appeared and were given three days in which to 

 clean up and make the conditions satisfactory. At the expiration 

 of the three days the place was again visited and an astonishing 

 improvement had been made in its appearance so that it was 

 passed as quite satisfactory. 



This place was in strong contrast to most of the bakeries 

 visited where the floors and walls were clean, windows clear, 

 no accumulations of dust, piping and wiring properly covered, 

 well lighted and ventilated, and both supplies and finished prod- 

 ucts well protected. 



Creame;ries. 



In cooperation with the State Commissioner of Agriculture 

 a much needed inspection of creameries has been begun and 

 in several instances decided improvements have been made as 

 the direct result. 



It seems almost incredible that an establishment handling 

 such an important food as milk should allow such unsanitary 

 conditions as have been found in some instances. Milk is one 

 of the most important and generally used food with which we 

 have to deal and it is one of the most easily contaminated. Es- 

 pecially as it fills such an important place in the diet of infants 

 and invalids the necessity for keeping it clean and pure and 

 free from disease ger-ms cannot be overestimated, and yet there 

 was found in some of the creameries little or no attempt at 

 screening, rooms swarming with flies and many flies in the 



