Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-22

10 charged with the duty Of looking
after the health OF the employees"
Mr., Doherty wishes to emphasize
the need for state law which can cor
rect the evils described In his re-
port
COMMONWEALTH OF Virginia.
Bureau Of Labor and Industrial
Statistics,
Commissioners Offiee.
His Excellency.
CLAUDE A. SWANSON.
Governor:
Dear SIR:
In compliance with the statute l
have the pleasure Of transmitting The
eleventh annual report Of his Bureau.
Very respectfully yonrs.
JAMES B. DOHERTY.
Commits oner.
The report Is dated October 20.
Upon the allabsorbinG question Of
bakeries without giving names and
localities Commissioner Doher.y re
ports as follows:
Bakeries.
Prior to the passage o! the law
creating the ONCE OF Dairy AM Food
Commissioner (approved March II.
l90S.) the inspection dsvolved BY
statute on this hare Eau. and in con
formity with he statutes, inspections
we're made Of forty-nine bakeries in
seven cities and towns OF the Com
monwealth. while in the general dis
charge OF the duties OF factory in
tn nrAnr tn chou Tho
condition existing In such bakeries AT
the time Of inspection there is APP
pended excerpts from the detailed re-
port of the inspector for the informa-
ton of The general assembly and the
public at large.
Inspection.
No. :.
Two shifts. Employs . white. l col
ored. Floor and walls filthy: venti-
lation inadequate. only one window.
one by two feet. flour barrels kept in
bake room. Operated on ground
floor In room 20xiO
Nc. 2.
Employs 2 white. colored. Two
small windows: ventilation bad; walls.
ceiling. floor and clothes of operatives
filthy.
No. 3.
Employs 2 white. Bakery 20x30.
pitch. Shop In rear of store. no venti
lation and only two electric lights;
boards. walls, ceiling and floor. as
well as clothing Of operatives are
fithy to the last degree. and is dis
grace and menance to the community.
No. q.
One operative. Everything clean
and sanitary.
Two shifts. Employs Is white. 2
colored. Bakery 55xs5, IA pitch, Ven
tilation and light ample, and the plant
in a clearly and sanitary condition.
No. 6.
Employs white. Bakery 2ox40, IA
pitch. Ventilation good. but floor
dirty.
Two shifts. Employs 2 white. 2
colored. Bakery. 2Ox50, IL pitch.
Floor dirt and bricks. men do not USE
overalls and their clothes. like the
floor. walls and apparatus. are In
filthy condition. Passage to bakery
through a long narrow alley, light ana
Ventliatlon eXeCraD Die.
No. 8.
Two shifts. Employs white. .
colored. Cement floor. bricks side
walls wooden ceiling. galvanized
dough trOughs and iron rollers. Ven
tilation and light good, employees
and equipment quite cleanly.
No. 9.
Employs 9 colored. Bakery 25x40,
7 pitch. One electric light and one
gas jet: ventilated tv one window
twelve inches by twenty-four inches:
odor in bakery uncomfortable: dirt and
fifth everywhere. Proprietor pleads
that rising water drives him out on
occasion, hence he cannot afford to
keep sanitary conditions.
Employs IS white. colored
(women) and 3 boys. Bakery 50xlO0.
II pitch. Ventilation good. operatives
and apparatus in high state OF c!eanli-
ness.
Two shifts. white. 5 colored.
Clothing OF operatives. floor. ceiling
and troughs clean. but dough mixer
dirty at the time OF inspection.
No. II.
Two shifts. Employs white. 2
coiored Size Of bakery. 3oxS0. Is
pitch. Every person and all ap-
pliances cleanly: a model plant.
No. 13.
Two shin. Employs cO!ored.
Bakery. 2Ox5a. pitch. Floor cement.
dirty and caked with -four, not at all