The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
1888 POUNDS OF
MEAT CONDEMNED
FORTY SAMPLES OF MILK TESTED
DURING THE MONTH FOR BAG
TERRA SHOW SATISFACTORY
RESULTS-WATER TESTS MADE.

Of hundreds of other advantages Bir-
mingham perhaps has few greater ones
to offer than the milk, meat and bac-
THEOLOGICAL departments, the best equip
ped in the SOUTH ranking as high as
many large northern cities.
The monthly report of E. NJ Duncan,
the head of the department, gives a good
idea of the health preserving, and in
valuable aid given to physicians and every
family within the city. At present Mr..
Duncan is making what tests he can
for the suburban doctors, but 1t would
only take a little more help to care for
them all. Here is the report for De-
cember:
Birmingham, Ala, January 8, 1908.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of
Aldermen, Birmingham, Ala.
Gentlemen:-Herewith find report of
work done by the department for the
month of December, 1907:
Home Slaughtered Animals Inspected
Cattle, 436; hogs, "A; sheep, 15 veal, 50;
kids, 2. Total, 1889.
Street and Market Inspected Animals
Cattle, 81; hogs, 124; sheep, As; veal, 1876;
kids, So. Total, 474.
Western Animals Inspected-Cat 1877;
hogs, 800; sheep, $40; veal, 60. Total, 2495.
Total Number Animals Inspected-Cat-
tie, 1870; hogs. 1914; sheep, 500; veal, $50;
kids, IS. Grand total, 1858.
Other fresh meats inspected, (not in
cIuded in the above number of animals),
4o1 1886 pounds.
Animals Rejected Before Slaughter
Five CATTLE too poor; one calf, too young;
four hogs, boars.
Condemned After Slaughter-One hog,
cholera So pounds; two hogs, swine
plague.
Beef Livers Condemned-Eight livers,
assesses and cysts, 120 pounds; two
livers. degenerated, 30 pounds.
Hog Livers Conference.-The livers, echo
noccus cysts, 9S pounds; 60 livers, fiukes.
$50 pounds; bruised meats cut out 140
pounds; meats spoiled by keeping, sos
pounds Total condemned and tanked,
1888 pounds.
Spoiled fish condemned, $3.50 pounds;
spoiled oysters condemned, 20 buckets.
One hundred and ninety-four micro
scopic tests were made and the results
of all were reported promptly by tele-
phone to the respective physicians hav-
ing the patients In charge, whose duty
1t Is to report such of same to the health
officer as is necessary.
During the month 40 samples of milk
were collected from dealers and tested
for contamination of bacteria, and as a
whole the quality of milk as shown by
a. + tfc-
factory. Practically all Of the milk so
tested falls easily within the maximum
Limitation of bacteria, 100000 per cubic
centimeter.
Samples of city hydrant water were
collected from the following locations and
tested:
Southside-80O Twenty-ninth street; $500
Avenue J; 1884 Highland avenue; 2725
Highland avenue 1900 Highland avenue;
2245 Highland avenue; 2167 Highland ave-
nue.; 2O31 Eleventh avenue; 1904 Eleventh
avenue.
Northside-1S12 Fifth avenue; 1900 Fifth
avenue 722 Fourteenth street; 1415
Eighth avenue; 1928 Seventh avenue; us
Eighteenth street; 1910 Huntsville ave.
nue.; 2127 Twelfth avenue; 2314 Twelfth
avenue; 1908 Twenty-fifth street; 1921
| Twenty-ffth street; 2129 Eighth avenue;
| Pill Seventh avenue; 2811 Fourth avenue
| All of these samples showed satisfactory
results
Diaries Inspected-W. M. Glass, dairy
found to be in a fairly acceptable and
sanitary condition; w. M. Westbrook
dairy found to be in acceptable condi-
ton: w. r. Tanner, in fairly acceptable
condition. f. p Cobb, in sanitary and ac-
ceptable condition; w. M. Rocket, in
| acceptable condition; N. M. Strickland
| in moderately fair condition; W. M
| Ioveless, conditions found not accept
able; owner notified to make necessary
improvements; Drake Bros, found in a
reasonably fair and acceptable condi-
ton; Martin G. Co., new location not
cornplete conditions will be better when
improvements are completed; w. e. Mat
thews, conditions found in splendid
shape; w. L. Burford, conditions found
to be very acceptable Respectfully sub
mitted. e. nj. DUNCAN
Bacteriologist and Chief Inspector.