The San Francisco call., 1896-12-31
GROCERYMEN ARE
To Be ARRESTED
The Board of Health Dis
covers Adulterated
Catsup.
Sixteen Firms Sod the Stuff
Which Contains Poisonous
Acids.
Hongkong and Shanghai Declared to
Be Infected Ports Because of the
Prevalence of Cholera.

Sixteen grocer. of this City are to be ar
rested within the next few days for vlo-
lating the laws prohibiting the sale OF
adulteraJed foodstuffs.
At the meeting of the Board of Health
yesterday the chemist presented the tol'
lowing report:
l have carefully analyzed twenty-three
samples of tomato catsup. TEenty-one OF
these were found to have been adulterated
with sallcylic acid, and two with boracic acid
Twelve were CRITICALLY colored with coal cli
coiors. Assuming that tomato eatsup should
contain on the average 80 per cent OF water
and 20 per cent of solids, including the ASH
only six samples would come up to the stand
ard.
The samples found to be adultered were
purchased at the following groceries,:
W. B. Cluf. IL sixth street; Smiths Cash
Store, Market street; William Cline, 949 Mar
Mauler, Mission and Twelfth; J. W. Reichers,
Sol Larkin; H. A. schuItze, Turk and Polk !;
Stulz BROS, 1881 Fillmore; L. NJ. Walters
2S15 California; NJ. D. Meyer & Co.. 1422 De-
visadero; Henry Ohrt Grove and Devlsadero;
II. C. Mueller, Waller and Fillmore; II. Eter
Seventeenth and Dolores; Irvine Bros, $40
Howard; George HauseT. Dupont and Filoert;
Fabien Bros, 17O1 Stockton.
The chief food inspector of the board
was instructed to swear out warrants for
goods.
The reports of cholera at Hongkong and
Shanghai were taken up and discussed,
and the following resolution passed on
motion of DR.. Williamson:
ResoEred, That the ports of Shanghai and
HongKong are hereby declared infected, and
that the quarantine officer be and hereby is
directed to remand al steerage passengers
and baggage, and also the mails from these
ports, to the United states quarantine author
tiles at Angel Island for disinfection.,
The secretary is hereby instructed to for
ward a copy of this resolution to the Collector
of Customs OF this port, 10 the Postmaster and
10 the United States and local quarantine Of
fcers.
Paul Edwards was appointed to the
position of steward of the City and County
H ,spital, vice William Robinson, re-
signed.
1t was decided to take up the charges
against the chief Food and Milk lnspec-
tor, which were thrown ont of court by
Judge Hepbard, and hold an 1nvestiga-
ton. The testimony in the matter will be
heard in special session on Wednesday
next.
The Hospital Committee rendered re-
port on the condition of the City and
County Hospital and the efforts that have
been made TO induce the Supervisors to
place the building in repair.
After reviewing much OF what has al
ready been said and written of the sani-
tary condition of the institution, the re-
port concludes:
We further trust that when this report be-
comes matter of public Information some OF
the represen alive citizens who pretend to
have the interests of this City at heart but
who are continually bewailing the possible
addition 10 their annual tax bills of an ipsig-
nifcant fraction of mill on the dollar will
take the time and the trou BILE to visit and in
speet the indecent exhibition and fragrant
demonstration of the niggardly manner in
which the government OF San Francisco pro-
vldes for the care of the INDECENT sick, and
that once having seen and appreciated the
pitiable condition which we have feebly at
tempted TO describe they will never have the
temerity TO deny that the opprobrium which
has SO tenaciously attached itself to this time
honored, misshapen and m isconducted muui-
clpal monsrosity is not the result OF neglect
on the part of the health authorities, but is
simply and entirely due to the faulty system
oil civic administration which takes from the
hands OF your board the power to direct the
proper disposition OF funds placed TO your
credit for use in the Health Department.
DR.. Williamson said, after the report
was adopted and the secretary ordered to
send copy to the Supervisors that if no
attention was paid TO it it would be proper
to abandon the hospital