Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-22
NEXT MOVE IN CRUSADE
1nsanitary Conditions to Be Search
ed Out and Suppressed.
DIRTY ICE CREAM FACTORY
Inspectors Report Objectionable Sur
roundings Under Which Frozen
Delicacy Is Made-Other
Warrants Wanted.

There Is no let-up in DIR. W. c. Wood
| wards crusade for cleanliness. 1ester-
day a number of lunchrooms. diaries,
grocery stores and several hotels were III
spected. with the result that several
warrants will be asked for at the Police
Court tomorrow.
Ir. connection with this crusade Health
Officer Woodward is going to "go after
washwomen and all other places Wnere
clothing is Numbered. He believes such
places need strict and constant super
vision
Every person who 1aunders for pay the
clothing. sheets. pillow cases, table cloths
| or similar articles belonging to any other
person will be required to register with
the health officer within thirty days from
tomorrow. Upon the recommendation of
Dr. Woodward the Commissioners decided
today to promulgate an order to this ef-
feet az means of bringing the various
places in the District where clothing Is
washed for hire under the proper super
vision of the health department.
DR.. Woodward said today that for
| some time past he has suspected that
| many of these places have not been
maintained in the best of sanitary condi-
tions. In the interest of good health and
better sanitation he decided upon this
method OF procedure.
Other orders similar to this are to be
promulgated within the next week by
the Commissioners upon the recon-
mendation of the health officer. who is
busily engaged in what is looked upon
az the most tireless and effective crusade
for cleanliness ever enacted in this city.
Conditions Reported by DR.. Wood
ward.
Upon this subject Dr. Woodward said:
For some time past the health depart
ment has been endeavoring to bring
about the proper supervision of those
places In the District of Columbis where
clothing is washed for hire, and there
is now a bill pending in Congress. pre-
pared in the health office, to accomplish.
that end.
1.-The health department. as such, is not
interested. of course, with the matter
of undue wear and tear of articles wash
ed. Neither IS it interested chiefly with
the large steam laundries of the District,
monty erected and always equipped for the
purpose and under more or less efficient
supervision.
What the health department desires
is to bring under better control the
many homes Of the poorer classes in
which washing is done for hire to sup
plenent the scant wage Of the head Of
the household. Too often these houses
are in an uncleanly condition.
And there is reason to believe that
in many cases. especially in the summer
| season. when heating water for wash
ing not only diminishes the profit Of the
operation, but also adds to the discom-
| fort OF the household, the water used Is
not properly heated and clothing from
various sources is passed successfully
through the same dirty, water; and.
moreover. that ironing. which, when
efficiently done, is a reasonably safe
disinfecting process. is not done In the
manner best adapted to the accomplish
ment Of that end.
And finally, during rainy days in
summer. and particularly during in
clement weather during the winter sea-
son. clothing is hung up or spread about
often amid foul doors which effectively
permeate 1t, and occasionally on prem
ises occupied in part by patients suf-
fering from communicable diseases.
while the most effective regulation Of
the business Of laundering can not be
brought about until some system Of licens-
Ing Is established, as is proposed In the
pending bill, yet 1t would seem that it may
places where laundering is done by requiES
ing registration at the health office. II
they be registered then they can be sys-
tematically inspected. at least from time
to time. as lunchrooms and other similar
places are now being inspected, instead of
being visited only occasionally, in the
course of the routine work of the depart
ment.
Recommends Regulations.
"And after they have been thus under
special supervision fQ while the de-
partment can more easily determine what
further regulation is necessary and feas-
ible. To accomplish the ends set forth
above 1 recommend the PRONUNCIATION of
the following regulations:
THAT every person who commonly laun-
ders for pay on the premises where he or
she occupies the clothing or the sheets. pill
low cases. tablecloths napkins. or other
similar articles belonging to any other
person or persons shall report that fact
to the health officer in writing within
thirty days after this regulation takes
effect. giving his name and the location of
his premises, and the number of persons
or families living independentlyof one an
other whom he or she serves. if less than
ten in number; and thereafter every per-
son laundering as aforesaid. shall report
in like manner his name. and the location
Of his premises. and the number of per-
sons Or families whom he serves, within
five days after the beginning of his occu-
pancy Of such premises and the use there
Of for the purpose aforesaid
Amy person violating any Of the pro-
visions OF this regulation shall. upon con-
viction thereof be punished by a fine of
not less than $25."
Recording conditions found by Health
Inspectors Stoy and Norris yesterday
who are playing prominent part in Dr.
Woodward's cleanliness crusade a num-
Der Of warrants will be asked for at the
Police Court tomorrow. Among those
for whom warrants will be asked are the
proprietor of a prominent ice cream
mandatory on New York avenue. the
proprietors of two lunchrooms on H
street northeast, and the owner of a din
ing room on H street northwest
Dirty Ice Cream Factory.
The inspectors report their visit to the
ice cream mandatory mentioned:
There is lavatory in the same room
in which the ice cream is made. the room
in which the ingredients for the ice
cream are prepared is in a generally I'M
clean condition: floors unclean; accumu-
lation of dust in the rooms and set OF
harness hanging in the room where the
ice cream dishes are stored"
In the case Of a prominent hotel in the
northwest, inspected yesterday. the in
spectors report that they found conditions
kitchen and pantry are unclean; kitchen
and pantry are not properly screened; in
the pantry the helpers about the kitchen
hang their clothes, and In the kitchen
there Is an unclean and greasy table.
Inspectors Stoy and Norris reported:
1.-The general conditions at this hotel are
not what they should be in regard to
cleanliness but the manager has prom
ised to remedy matters by Saturday. We
suggested that unless this is done by
Saturday a warrant be sworn out for