The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09

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conditions of each establishment; the legal
phase of the question and the conclusions
and recommendation of the committee.
The report begins with the Union Stock
Yards at Chicago containing SEQ acres, all
but fifty acres of which is paved.
The drainage is good" the report says.
and the pens are kept as clean as the
character of their use would permit
The ante norton inspection is described
and the statement made that rejected ami
mails are required to be removed by their
owners from the pens, and are disposed
of in accordance with law, that is, after
wards slaughtered at an official abattoir
under the supervision of federal, state
and city officials In twenty-five estab-
lishrnents in Chicago post norton inspee-
tion is made, and In these the entire meat
product is inspected.
The committee visited every room in
the institutions mentioned in making
their inquiry regarding sanitation. The
report says the sanitary conditions in
some of the abattoirs is good in some
it is fair and in others bad.
episode" Not Necessarily practice"
THE danger of misunderstanding an
episode for a practice is illustrated by
on March 70 in the course of inspection
of abattoir No. l. In the cooler of this
plant two rats were observed consuming
the meat of a condemned hog carcass.
They had partaken of considerable por-
ton of the trichinous meat. In no other
abattoir or portion thereof were any rats
or rat excrement seen, also the commit
tee visited every room and cellar of each
abattoir In many cases cats were OBJ
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abattoirs for the purpose of DISCRIMINATING
rats and other means of preventing the
depredations Of rats were observed
The report states it is impossible to
make a generalization of sanitary condi-
lions and continuing the comment on this
same abattoir the report says:
1.-The walls and woodwork of the kill
ing room are painted the height of ten
feet and presented a clean appearance.
Above the paint the woodwork is white
washed but not recently. The timbers
were wet. probably the result of the
condensation of steam. There was con-
siderable accumuations of dirt on over
head rafters and beams. The windows of
this room were dirty The natural light
and ventilation were good.
THE visit of the committee was unan-
nounced.'
Washed at Close of Day.
At the close of the days work the kill
Ing floor was washed with equal parts of
caustic soda and pine tar. followed by
an application of hot water.
Hot water, 1t was stated. was also APP
piled to the floor ofsthe cutting room.
The order OF the superintendent as re-
ported by one workman was mo saving of
soda; make II clean"
The water closets for women consisted
Of rofi m aaph hnOr
one above the other, opening into com
mon shaft terminating In trough
through which a constant stream of water
was flowing. In one of these closets a
jet of live steam was playing on the
excrenent and the vapor was rising and
being disseminated across the rail on
which some carcasses were carried to
the cooler.
The floors IN some of the lower places
were an inch deep in brine. Salt pork
was in piles on the floor without racks
except an order for the war department.
which was on racks and cleared the floor
six inches.
The beef department was next inspect
ed from a sanitary point.
Trlpe Room Is Filthy.
1.-THE coolers were in very good con-
dition. The tripe room was in a filthy
condition and full Of steam. The sausage
cooling room was commended. On the
sheep killing floor the general conditions
were good. The water closet opened
directly from the killing floor and the
partition did not reach the ceiling. One
employee was observed urinating in the
gutter of the killing floor.
The smokeroom conditions were said
to be very good, also the dressing room
of the beef killing gang.
The sausage packing department and
smoked beef department were commend
ed. In the main tank room a water closet
is located which is apparently not flushed
and which was found in an unsanitary
condition In the Clipped beef department
the floors were old and wooden, but clean;
evidence of whltewash on the walls and
ceilings; lower wood work painted
The water closet formed in the canning
room Is separated and well flushed,
though poorly lighted
Abattoir No. was gone through and
the conditions reported better in many
respects than that in No. l.
The cooking, stuffing and soldering
rooms in No 2 was given this descrip-
ton:
Room Full of Steam.
This room contains a processing ma
chine in which the canned product is
cooked in oil and the room is ventilated
over THIS machine. Inc room is in a,
fair condition as to paint and whitewash
and the floor is fairly clean The venti-
lation about the soldering machine is not
good About the surfing machine a box
catches the falling meat Near the cook
ing retorts the old clothes of the work.
men were piled or hung on racks The
rooms was steamy and quantities of
canned veal having the appearance of
age were observed. In one place a quarter
inch stream Of water was running on
the floor from a height of three or four
feet. On the east side of the room the
floor was very dirty.
1.-THE pork and beans room was very
steamy. and the ventilation poor. There
was plenty of air entering but no arrange
ment for carrying off the steam.
1.-The beef extract room in this build
ing was clean, but the extract kitchen
was steamy and poorly ventilated. In the
ham packing room was a water closet
which has no outside ventilation and was
dark and dirty
Abattoir No. was next described. 1.-THE
water closets in this canning establish
merit are located in separate rooms, clean
in every particular and well flushed. An
attendant was in charge of every wo-
mans closet.
In two cellars in No. % small guam
mr. Y F. HOLLOWAY