The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-06-05
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meat scraps were found adhering to
them, even after they had been washed
and returned to service.
Sanitary Conveniences. : Nothing
shows more strikingly the general in
difference to matters of cleanliness and
sanitation than do the privies for both
Gaeu and women. The prevailing type
Is made by cutting off a section of the
workroom by thin wooden partition
rising to within few feet of the cell
ings. These privies usually ventilate
into the workroom, though q few are
found with a window opening into the
outer air. Many are located in the in
side corners of the work-rooms, and
thus have no outside opening whatev-
er. They are furnished with row Of
seats, generally without even side par
titions. These rooms are sometimes
used as cloakrooms by the employees.
Lunch rooms constructed in the same
manner, by boarding off a section Of
the workroom, often adjoin the privies,
the odors Of which add to the generally
insanitary state of the atmosphere.
Accountable as the aIboye-named con-
ditions are, the one that affects most
directly and seriously the cleanliness of
the food products is the frequent alb
sence Of any lavatory provisions in the
privies. Washing sinks are either not
f Furnished at all or are small and dirty.
Neither are towels, soap or toilet paper
/ provided. Men and women return di-
rectly from these places to plunge their
unWashed hands into the meat to be
converted into such food products as
sausages, dried beef and other COM
pounds. Some Of the privies are situa-
ted at long distance from the work.
rooms, and men relieve themselves on
/ the killing floors or in a corner of the
workrooms. Hence, in some cases the
fumes Of the urine swell the sum of
nauseating doors arising from the dir
ty-blood- soaked rotting wooden floors.
fruitful culture beds for the disease
germs Of men and animals.
New Buildings.-It is stated that
many of the unsanitary conditions are
due to the fact that these buildings are
old and have been built by piecemeal,
and that In the newer buildings, being
erected from time to time, the defects
pf the earlier structures are being rem
edied. This contention is not borne
out by the facts. One Of the large
plants erected within recent years has
most of the defects Of the older build
ings. 1t Is true that three large model
buildings have been erected, but one is
all office building, while the other two
contain only looling, storage and sales
rooms. No model building for theprep-
aration Of food products has been built
lin the stock yards of Chicago.
II III.--A MODEL SLAUGHTERHOUS
IN CONTRAST WITH THOSE OF
CHICAGO.
In impressive contrast to conditions
that we saw In the stock yards of Chi
cago III an establishment that Mr., Rey-
nolds visited in New York city. 1t wen
merits a description in those particu-
lars In which it is vastly superior to
similar concerns in Chicago The two
upper floors used for cattle pens are
paved with wel-laid bricks and cement,
with side walls Of brick, the top floor
being covered to protect the cattle from
the weather. The killing floor Is paved
with bluestone, soping toward well ar
ranged drains, and has a large air shaft
for special ventilation and abundant
windows The ceiling and upper side
walls are Of hard cement, with steel
crossbeams and cement-faced steel sup
ports. The lower side walls are covered
with white porcelain brick. When the
Strengthening of each day is finished,
water is turned on, and in not more
than fifteen minutes the room is so
thoroughly cleansed that all perceptible
/ Odors and traces of the work are re-
moved.
Other rooms such as those for cool
ing and storage, are of similar con-
struction to the killing floor. White
porcelain-lined bricks and curved tiles
| Join floors and side walls, that no cor
rers may retain dirt and refuse. Ven
tilation is everywhere excellent and
aight abundant, both these matters
having evidently received careful con-
sideration in planning the building.
4 The privies contain separate sections
with sef-fushing bowls, white porce-
n 4ain-lined wash basins, shower baths
and mirrors. Towels and toilet paper
are provided, and everything is kept
clean. The effect of all these excellen-
L cies Of construction and arrangement is
evident in promoting the care of the
/ products and In elevating the morals OF
the workers,
The same principles of sanitation and
the same care of the health and clean
illness of the workers would revolution
lie the stock yards of Chicago, and the
attainment of such a standard should
he the concern of the national govern
ment and of the city of Chicago.
Under existing conditions the burden
of protecting the cleanliness and whole
sonneness of the products and the
health of the workers and of improving
the conditions under which the work is
performed, must fall upon the nationa
government.
IV.-TREATlfENT OF MEATS ANI
PREPARED FOOD PRODUCTS.
Uncleanliness in Handling Products
An absence of cleanliness was also
| found everywhere in the handling Of
meat being prepared for the various
meat-food products. After killing
careasses are well washed, and up tc
the time they reach the cooling room
are handled in fairly sanitary and
cleanly manner. The parts that leave
che cooling room for treatment in bull
are also handled with regard to clean.
illness, but the parts that are sent from