The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-31
WHITING MENACED BY
IMPURE WATER SUPPLY
CHASTITY Discovery at Gary Where
Open Milk Cans Are Found in Same
Room With Corpse of Woman Who
Died of Typhoid-state Official
May Give Hammond a Deputy.

H. II. Barnard, state food and drug
commissioner, has been making quiet
investigation throughout the city dur
ing the last few days as to the health
= conditions. the Improvement since the
visit of Inspector Frank Tucker last
summer, and the opinion of the people
as to the conditions existing.
For this purpose Mr.. Barnard visited
many of the leading merchants of the
city and had a talk with them as to
health conditions, regarding the sale of
food and drugs.
To a LAKE COUNTY TIMES reporter Mr.
Barnard expressed himself as pleased
with the work of Mr.. Tucker during
his last visit. and said that the mer-
chants whom he visited likewise
thought that the work was not with
out great results.
THE merchants, particularly the
men who have made a success of their
business. know that they have nothing
TO fear from the pure food law and
the inspectors. and they know that we
Sare not trying to persecute anyone
pit is the dishonest merchants who fear
the limeHght." said Mr.. Barnard
many Curious Conditions.
IaRy curious conditions came to the
'aSo Hammond. The official stated that
s Several milk tests were taken and sent
to the headquarters. and as the milk
question is one Of the most important
at the present time, he made a number
Of inquiries as TO the identity Of the
milk inspector at Hammond For a
long time he could find no person who
knew who that individual might be,
even the police department, he states.
being unable to inform him. Finally
he found a citizen who gave the name
of A J. Dawdy. Mr. Dawdy is sealer
of weights and measures and there is
no official milk inspector in Hammond.
Mr. Dawdy couples the work Of his
own effice with that of milk inspec-
tor. The commissioner proposes to
make a thorough inspection Of the milk
dairy business in Hammond and an
inspector will probably take up the
work here more thoroughly when he
finishes
In Whiting he found that there was
an epidemic of disease owing to poor
drinking water. The intake was close
to the place where the sewer emptied
and the bad water was sucked into the
pipe for the city supply. Steps We're
taken at once to remedy this
Corpse aud MIX in Same Room.
At Gary recently. he stated. that
in the same room where lay the body
OF a woman awaiting burial who had
died from typhoid fever. were cans
OF milk without covers awaiting ship
ment to customers. Such conditions
are very rare, however, he stated
One of the things that makes Ham
mond and the surrounding towns
more conspicuous on the maps of the
pure food commission is Its close
proximity to Chicago. The big deal
ers are too fond of using nearby cities
as a dumping place for all bad goods
which they cannot get rid of at home
For this reason it is imperative that
the cities have health officers and in
spectors who can render efficient SER
vice and who are not tied up with
other duties. The need Of a milk in
speetor in this city IS urgent. as the
conditions in other cities nearby show
terrible condition of affairs, and it is
likely to be not better here. II is
probable that action will be taken in
the near future by the commissioner tc
place man from his stan in this
city.