The Washington herald., 1908-08-02
DIARIES ALL CLEAN
Inspection Shows Conditions
Beyond ReprOach.
PUBLIC MAY SEE FOR ITSELF
PrOPrietOrs Invite Scrutiny of Their
Embellishments by Health Officers
and All other Utensils Used
Could Not Be More Sanitary.

Although It IS admitted by al that the
recent crusade made by the District
health authorities to insure cleanliness in
all establishments where food IS prepared
OF offered for sale. still there are some IN
stitutious where the suggestions Of the in
spect0rs were uucaued for and unneces-
saTy.
An inspection Of several large dairies in
this CITY was made yesterday by a repre-
Sentative Of The Washington Herald, and
every one was found 70 be not only
models Of cleanliness. but free from any
unhea1tzful condition
That the housewives q Washington
trust implicitly the products Of their
dairymen is evident from The enormous
quantity OF milk and cream distributed by
the local dealers. Il would be difficult 10
estimate the outpJt of milk that is de-
Hvered each day. but an approximation
made by the pr0prietors Of the dairies
visited yesterday place theIr combined
output at $500 gallons
Evergreen Invites Inspection.
we not only invite inspection by the
health authorities said the manager Of
the Evergreen Dairy. but are always
desIr0us that the public should visit our
dairy and see for themselves the way IN
which the milk is handled. I am heartily
in sympathy with the Efforts cf the Dis
trict authorities 90 maintain a high stand
ard OF purity. especially IN the dairy b,lsI-
ness II is only just 10 the consumers
70 supply a high quality Of milk. and
agree with the health officer in his
methods 20 suppress those dealers who
persist IN being careless in the handling
Of milk
That the dairy propTiet0Ts OF this city
are in accord with the health officer and
are working along the lines laid down
TO insure health was evident. IN each of
the dairies visited every utensI required
IN the handling and distribution OF milk
was not only clean. but shining with that
lUster which comes Of diligeot scrUbbing.
PnsteurizatiOa Is Watched
At the Belmont Dairy. 201s Fourteenth
street. a visit was made during the proc
ess Of pasteurization. The product was
being poured from ten-gauon cans into
the receiving vat. and thence pumped into
a tank known as a separator In this
tank the milk was clarified. the sediment
being filtered out and disposed Of through
q wastepipe-
Following this stage the milk was
transferred 10 the pasteurizer and heated
TO a temperature Of 145 degrees. This
heating was kept Up for thirty minutes.
after which the milk was slowly forced
into cooling vessels and gradually re-
duCed 20 a low temperature. BY auto
matte filing machines the milk was then
poured into bottles and stored in refrte-
orators. at a temperature of "a degrees.
II is left IN this state until time for de-
livery in the morning
All the employees engaged in handling
the milk were dressed IN snow-vvFfte
suits, and the concrete floors were
scrubbed to whiteness-
BY an automatic process the returned
bottles were rinsed. cleaned, and stored
away for refIliuz-
Constant Vigilance Exercised
1T requires eternal vigilance 70 main
tain an ur,-to-dsra dairy" said Man