Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09
REPORT
yards they say the pavements are upon py goye
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canHot he hroberH 0eanH1 and are meafh III ins

"slifhy land ssmsfo odofousAs swlieH"wa,
yielding clouds of ill-smelling dust
whan dry" Calves, sheepFand hogs
thai have idiedl ed ird,4d are AfdwS
on the platforms, and the only excuse
the investigators heard given for de-
lay In pemoYalr WAS thte, e1nenfffe, fffe,vi.
The interior eoof the buildings they
found to be mostly constructed of
wood. The feqrs; usually pf. wood,
were soaked and Shiny and the reSms
.pooFlyl lighted and lily ventilated,
Many Of the inside rooms @hefe food
Eiss ptebafed are withoutt wFhaoWss lanJ
are described as vaults where the
Dair rarely Iehahges." t@.IjTI Il
Systematic r. ventilation was not
found lin hhyi Of the establishments
they visited. During the entire inves-
tigation they saw but single porce-
lain,lineti Erecepeaele fn &eaeu 9Uii
g Sanitary ,ConYepisnces.
> Taking up the 9db1eetS f6E :sahitary
conveniences for the men and women
employees; the, report says nothing
Shows hi6re SfhAnsly 4A keS Ea II!
difference to matters of cleanliness
and sanitation. The .retigiag r99ms 9,Cm1EsS
ad dJoin, The working rooms, be:
ing cut off from the latter by. low
parfition,a KManx are glccafed+in the
inside corners of work rooms and
have7ii ndo UutsiaeuopentnB whatever.
Continuing, thetreport, says:
! sKboniiIable las the. abpve lf1aWed
conditions are = the one that +afecs
most directly AND seriously the clean
illness OF the food products is the fire.
quent absence of anytolayatorys pro
visions in the outhouses. Washing
sinks are either not furnished at dfl,
or are small and dirty. Neither are
towels, soap or toilet paper provided.
Men and wome return directly from
these places to plunge their unwashed
handskinto the meat TO be converted
5sito shclN IA prod t:tts; 'saa lEsPs.
dried beef and other compounds.
Some of the outhouses are situated at
long distance from the work rooms,
and men do not take the trouble to
go to them. Hence, in some cases,
the resulting fumes, swell the sum
of nauseating odors arising from the
dirty blood soaked, 'fotting wooden
floors, fruitful culture beds FOR The dis
ease germs of men and apimalS,HiD III
Here the report suddenly switches
to brighter picture. 1t speaks Of the
contrast observed by Reynolds In an
establishment visited by him in New
York. where the rules of sahitation
and. cleanliness are most scrupulousfy
observed, and where the ventilation
was excellent and the light abundant.
The Handling of Meat.
The investigators found that there
also labseneeiof cleanlikess sNefJ&arere
in the handlhsn of meat. On this
point the Feport says; eSs
+ erhe swSfAlsers 4 climb foyer hsap$ 6E
meat. select the pieces they TistS and
frequently thrown ttyep,,dYYn upon the
dirty, floor beside, their working
bench. IN cutting the 'fheat upon the
bench the work is nsually held pressed
against their aprons, and these! aprons
we're as as'aa rule, indescriNaely f!thy,
Moreover Mo e1l, me- men were seen seen 70 i1qlpo
from the foor and stand win shoes
uir'y WIN the Lsluse On . 'ne loors, @ VI on
tne taples oh wilicn IN tiie iiiea, was nan
died. Ihey we're seen en-, at e., the lanfa nsa,
nour situhsl on shs sap,es on ,. .ne .s,, Spo'
on Whicni nieatIPreanct was hanuleu'
and all this underitho, very eye or the
suoarintandant of the room