The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
FIND GROCERIES
ARE KEPT CLEAN
Results of Inspectors Trip
GratifieS Officials.
FEW CASES FOR CRITICISM
Yearly All of Places visited Last
Night Found TO Measure Up TO San
ftary Requirements OF New order.
Warnings Given In Instances
where Floors Needed serubbins.

Determined 20 stamp out all uncleanIi-
ness in grocery stores and 10 establish
a sanitary Uniformity in the sale of
wholesome foods. tie health officer last
night began q rigid inspection Of every
grocery store in Washington. % be con-
Quoted along the same lines as the lunch
room probe that began several days ago.
Unlike the gross violations OF the health
orders found in many IunchrOoms. the
stores visited last night by DR.. Robert
II. Duenner. OF the health Office. We're all
found 10 be models Of cleanliness. In
fact, the inspector remarked about the
change in several places whose proprietors
have repeatedly been hauled into court
for Violations OF the health ordinances
The recent commsOtion caused by the
prosecution Of certain lunchrOom keep
ers had evidently srread a good influence.
for every stose visited showed signs Of
d recent overhaulirg. Especially in those
grocery stores 1Dca-ed IN alleys. the floors
were scrubbed 10 brightness and each
article about the places was clean and
shining.
Dr. Dueuuer. in accordance with orders.
visited the various places during the even
Ing hours. and. tHdugh * was Saturday
night nothing was discovered TO be out
OF the way
Surprised, but sAecOmmOdatinE-
While many Of the stores inspected
were situated in Alleys and were sur
rounded by crowded tenemeuts, stiu the
interiors Of the stores presented q picture
not n keeping with the exterior. IN VII
low Tree Alley southuaest. three or four
stores were inspected. and while the
Italian or negro pr0prfe1ors were sur
prIsed 20 see the Inspector, s1in they were
prepared to submit 20 his invezrigatior.
Humorous incidents were connected with
d.. Duenner's visits. In one place the
proprietor. being from sunny Italy.
seemed very affable until the inspector
told him 10 have q screen put IN his
front window. NO understand sid he.
After some sign talking. he was made 10
comprehend what was wanted OF hun. and
in his haste 10 get I'D OF the official he
promised 70 put one Up nnmediately.
Particular attention Eas given the fee
boxes and ref-igeraJors IN every place
visited Dr- DUenner seemed bent on
seeing that no MIX was kept IN ex-
posed vessels and exprVssed his appre-
ciaron at finding 10 violations in keep
ing fresh meat expUsd-
Several Kosher shops in the extreme
southern section OF the city were found
t0 be spick and span. Notwithstanding
the. unclean locality As these stores
I1udle nothing bJE1 fresh meat, the IN
specJCr looked Tor trouble. especially in
this hot weather. bJE The stores were not
only clean. but free fn1m flies.
sNO Trade with Americana
After elb0vias his way into a small
store in an italian settlement. the In
spector asked for the proprietor. That
personage was standing behind a counter.
by.sily engaged in writing-a letter for one
Of bis c0untryraen-
Where do you keep your meets.~
asked the Official
NO gotta 20 meat BIssno ss1la '0Ierican
nan
Very well; where do you keep miIkg-
The inspector was greeted with the
same negative answer.
The store was found TO be completely
stocked with italian foodstufns. There
were uacaroni. dried onions. spaghetti.
black bread, and other Viands delectabls
70 an Italian palate
AdmoniuOns were given several mer-
chants 20 keep up the practice Of scrub
bing their floors The uplies hat met
the warning were Varied one woman
complained that she had TO support 4
blind husband, besides caring for her
aged notner- and was prevented from
scrubbing her floor as often as sEe would
Ike Another said she cLeaned her floor
every day. but her customers were Of
the kind who carry much real estate on
their shoes
After z circuitoUs trip about the south
west. the Inspector visited stores in the
vicinity Of the o street market. in Seventh
street northwest But here again he found
the places 10 be Up 10 the required stand
ard Of cleanliness Even the knives and
cieavers were shining. not TO speak Of
the woodwork ABOUT the ice chests, that
was scrubbed TO whIteness
Pleased with Results,
While there is a strong tendency TO
cleanliness" remarked Dr. Duenner at
the close Of the investigation. still we
6nd some persons who persist in opposing
US in enforcing regulations for the saul-
tary keeping Of fOodstufs. an Eratifed
to see so many dealers have taken heed
and are trying to obey our regulations.
he stores on Washington compare IA
v0raUly with those IN any citv in the
country OF course there are exceptions.
but II is these badly conducted stores We
mean % convert INTO model places. Al
though there has always been a system
at!zed inspection in vogue here. never be-
fore has ne investigation been 50 sweep
ing or complete as at present"
Prom now on the public places viii be
inspected and warrants sworn out for
those who fail 10 conform to the regula-
tions.