The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-06
THE REGULAiA0A'0F
SLAUCHJER9AOUSES.
The Richmond icitys Officials.
Interested iniSuggeStions &
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INSPECTION AoFAJ MEATS
CITY HEALTH, OeFac:E tEMPOWER-
ED WITH TINS tDUTN-HART-
FOR CITY PASSES tFmsT oR0I-
NANCE OF KIND.

RichmOnds slaughter Y houses have
been found in good COZ tlition by the
health board Of the city, but just now
while agitation all over the State is
in evidence and variol Is model
slaughter house ordinances Mare being
drafted. Richmond officials >and citi-
Zens in general, will be int. ;estcd in
the suggestions made by thtN State
Health Board in this regard.
The State Board, Of which 'r.s Da-
Wis, of this city. is president, ha ssjust
issued a bulletin in which these Nsug-
gcstions are embodied in an ordina ace
which has been passed by the co IN
Gil at Hartford City. In part. t lie
ordinance follows:
All owners and occupants of
slaughter-houses, renderies, out
houses and lands upon which the same
are located within four miles of the
corporate limits shall regulate, man
age and keep the same, as follows, to-
Wit:
Kin well lighted and aired building
WIZ screen windows and doors,
tight< floors, cemented so as to keep
same clean; all blood and water from
washin,r floors to be run into drains;
abundan ce of well water to be used
well to ne drilled to rock with tight
cover over same; interior walls and
roof beams to said buildings to bed
whitewashed\ whenever same is need |
i
animals to be<kept clean and water
changed after each scalding; all hair
to be removed from slaughterhouse
and destroyed as soon as practicable;
all racks and utensils to be- kept clean ,,
all slaughtered animals to be placedlI
in welE cleansed cold stmage-rOom, /
Immediately after killing; rendering
tank to be kept in separate building
or room, room and tank to be keptI
clean; all hides and pelts to be kept
in separate rooms from NllinG,rOoms;
all opening to be kept closed so no |
odors can enter killing rooms; the
floors of the slaughter-houses to be
cleansed and scalded with hot water
after each days Strengthening; stock
pens to be not closer than 125 feet
to be kept clean at all tines; grounds
around buildings to be kept clean and
no weeds be allowed to grow; all an
imals to be killed to be delivered at
slaughter-house and kept eight hours |
before killing; all offal from houses TO
be burned or sold for fertilizer as soon
as practicable to do so; all bones to !
be piled or kept in tight pens, so that
no animal can get to them. And
otherwise keep the same in whole
some and sanitary condition, to the |
satisfaction of the Board of Health of
Hartford City, Ind. No restriction
however, Is to be made as to Govern |
ment inspected meats"
In the third section provision is
made for inspection of the products |
of slaughterhOuses, and the State |
Board of Health considers this one of
the most important features of the or
dinance. This section is as follows:
The secretary of the Board OF
Health is hereby authorized to in
spect AL meats, poultry, fish, butter,
oleomalgarine. cheese, lard and vege
tables, and all other foods and prod
ucts sold or distributed in the cOrpor
ate limits Of the city, and all persons.
firms, companies or corporations en-
gagged in selling and distributing the
above nentioned foods within said
city. shall permit the secretary of the
Board of %Health of said city to enter
upon their premises for the purpose of
making such inspections, at any time
when requested by said secretary so
10 do; and upon inspection, if the said
food or any portion thereof is found to
be unwholesome 1T shall be the duty
of the secretary of the Board of
Health to condemn the same, and to,
inform the owner or posseSsor of such
food of its unwholesome condition,
and to make a written report of such
condemnation to the City Council, and
1T shall then be the duty of the city
marshal Immediately to- file an affida-
Wit and prosecute the person or per-I
sons, company or corporation, so en-
gagged in the sale or distribution of
suoh unwholesome food or foods"