Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-05
SLAUGHTER HOUSEHTUATION
Committee Files It's Report and Will
 Order Improvements Made.


 health to make an investigation of the slaughter houses and sausage factories in this city and vicinity was | read at the meeting of the board on Tuesday afternoon. Although 1t 1 showed that none of the places which send meat into this city Is as bad as some of the houses in Chicago, yet a couple of them are in a state l which can be termed filthy. The committee was made of Milk and Food Inspector Keeley, Health Officer Kilmartin and Sanitary In- spector Callahan, and it visited four slaughter houses and four sausage plants.
 A couple of the places visited are not within the Jurisdiction of the local health board, but Health Off, cer Kilmartin was instructed to mo- tify the health officer of Watertown in whose district the plants are in order that he may take some action. All of the local dealers have been warned not to buy any meat or saul sage from the houses which are not as they should be and MT Keeley was told to go ahead and do all in his power to compel the owners to toe the mark Following is the report: Gentlemen:-In compliance with an order passed by the board of health, June 6, requiring an investi- gation into the condition of slaugh- ter houses in Waterbury and vicinity, your committee would report as fol- lows:
 We find within Waterbury and surrounding towns four persons en- gagged in the business of killing and dressing cattle: swine and sheep as follows:
 Valentine Bohl, located on Water- town road.
 Michael Willinger, located in Oak vile, and supplying local dealers.
 David Cohen. located in Greystone, and supplying local dealers.
 Arthur Turkington, located in East Morris, and supplying local dealers.
 We visited the slaughter houses of Valentine Bohl first and found con- ditions as follows: About fifteen cat tie and fifty calves are slaughtered weekly. This meat is koshered for Jewish trade, Is healthy, and due care is exercised in the work to pre- serve cleanliness. The pens in which the cattle are kept, the slaughtering room and the room for hanging the beeves, when dressed, are all free from filth or odors of any kind, that might contaminate the meat. The slaughtering room is scrubbed with boiling water each day after use and is left in sanitary condition for the next days work. We would recom- mend that the drainage about the building be improved and that the yard be kept in more sanitary con- dition.
 MT Cohen's plant in Greystone was next visited and conditions found as follows: The slaughtering is done in of the space used, and two horses oc- cupying stalls with no partitions separating from the room. There Is no drainage from the room. Y In the opinion of the committee the place should not be used for such pur- poses. This place is used only during the winter months.
 Michael Willinger's plant in Oak vile was next visited. Here are slaughtered weekly about eight cat tie and fifteen calves. The slaughter ing is done in small building very close to a barn and directly over a hog pen. The heads of the cattle and calves were thrown about the place and the hogs were feeding upon these dismembered portions. The building itself was in process of rem ovation, being whitewashed and scrubbed. The yard was in very unsanitary condition and the odor emanating from the plant was very vile. A dead calf was lying in the pig pen under the slaughtering room. The men engaged in the work did not preserve ordinary care in per- sonal cleanliness.
 Arthur Turkington's slaughter house at East Morris was last visit ed. About 500 cattle. 1000 calves and 700 sheep are slaughtered here yearly. The plant Is situated at dis tance of an eighth of a mile from the road and Is used exclusively for slaughtering. The condition of the plant and its surroundings were very satisfactory and the appearance of the beeves and meat indicated that due care was observed in preserving the utmost cleanliness.
 Four sausage factories were visit ed and conditions found as follows: At Valentine Bohl's on Cedar street the room and surroundings were found in a clean. sanitary condition, meats used in the manufacture were healthy; men were careful in hand- ling the food and the machinery, floors, walls and surroundings indi- cated a clean. healthy. modern plant.
 Arthur Achenbach, at No 42O North Main street, was next visited. The factory is located in the cellar. but Is clean. the meat is healthy. and all sanitary precautions seemed to be observed.
 At Bumpers plant. rear No 69 South Main street, the surroundings were found to be very filthy. The meat was apparently healthy. but the shop looked unclean. Very little care is exercised in the preparation of the ingredients. The place was very malodorous. Meats were mixed in the boiler room.
 At the Hermann factory on Frank lin street everything was found to be clean, sanitary. modern and healthy.
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