OFFICIAL, INSPECTIONS 35. I3I 



hands, dust and flies. Such a practice is an insult to the public. 

 The time has arrived when the danger of disease germs in the 

 dust and attached to the flies is being understood. Flies breed 

 only in filth, and next to all kinds of human food they delight 

 most in swarming over decaying animal and vegetable matter, 

 horse manure, human excrement, sputum of people afflicted with 

 loathsome and contagious diseases, and everything that is con- 

 nected with filth and disease. Such easily contaminated foods 

 as meat, soft fruits, confectionery, bread, pastry, dried fruits, 

 etc., must be well protected. 



. Fortunately examples of clean, sanitary groceries are not 

 uncommon. There are many where careful protection for all 

 perishable goods is provided, the screening is ample, windows 

 and floors are clean, back rooms are as carefully kept as other 

 parts of the store, and refrigerators or meat rooms are clean 

 and sweet. Such care pays for customers appreciate cleanliness. 



HoTFivS AND Restaurants. 



Several dirty kitchens and store rooms connected with eating 

 houses have been discovered and one especially was in a filthy 

 condition. Dust and dirt was abundant and cobwebs festooned 

 the ceiling, lard in an open firkin was quite black with dirt, 

 plaster from the broken ceiling covered the floor and had 

 fallen into open packages of sugar and other supplies, and a 

 decaying fish was found without any difficulty whatever. This 

 place was cleaned up at once without prosecution, although a 

 hearing was appointed. 



When inspecting hotels, restaurants and lunch rooms the 

 dining rooms, kitchens and store rooms are all visited and, in 

 happy contrast to the example above, nearly all are found in 

 a sanitary condition. An occasional object of criticism is, of 

 course, discovered but for the most part it is found that whole- 

 some food is prepared and served in an attractive manner. 



Conffctionfry and Fruit Stores. ■ 

 In many of the places where confectionery and soft fruits 

 were sold there were often displays of these food materials, 

 sometimes upon the sidewalk or in open windows, without suit- 

 able protection from dust and flies. In every such case the 

 attention of the proprietor was called to the unsatisfactory con- 

 dition and it is believed that in most cases they have complied 

 with recommendations for improvement. 



