The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-19
Mary Filthy Bakeries
Found BY Inspectors

Uncleaniiness. equal to II rot surpass-
ing, the startling discoveries made BY
the Health Department in local eating
places. slOvenliness. and generally IN,
satisfactory conditions. were unearthed
by Inspector StOy in his tour Of the
bakeries yesterday
Dirt 50. pr0fuse as 10 be q menace.
pans 20 which chung grease from for
mer loaves. dabs Of raw dough upon the
floors, and a Heterogeneous mass over
tables which had gathered from time
10 time through the negligence Of the
employees. proved beyond question that
the investigation OF local focd manu-
factories and providers has become a
question OF local moment
The tour Of investigation took up the
larger part OF the day. and extended 70
al parts OF town Half a dozen Of the
.eacing bakeries were visited, and near
Is twice that number Of smaller ones
There was no discrimination. no pick
ing out Of q particular section The
places visited were chosen inciscriml-
nately, and included The four sections
Of Washington and Georgetown Save
in a few notable exceptions. the re-
suits were such as TO point TO the neces-
sity Of a thorough investigation Of
every bakery in the District
Results the Same
In all parts OF town the result was
the same. and. as in the cases OF the
restaurants, it was found that the Iars-
est and most prosperous OF the bakeries
were as fragrant and open in their vio-
Iation OF local health regulations as
the smallest and meanest Of the es-
adjustments.
In nearly every place visited it was
found that the building was not equip
ped with proper facilities Tor excluding
flies Many OF the bakeries were totally
without screens, and those provided
with them had them arranged in such
a manner as 10 allow the insects easy
egress and ingress-
In one bakery near the Capitol, grease
and -four dust were found to be ground
into the floor OF the room where the
bread was being made, by the constant
" tramping feet OF the employees IN
another the floor gave the impression
OF having never been cleaned since The
establishment OF the place.
In this nest OF CRIME and filth (and IN
one Of the Northwest bakeries the con
ditions could only be described IS
hlUhyD the raw dough. moist and ad-
hesive. was laid out 10 be put In pans
In hardly any Of the places were ade-
quate lavatories provided for the men
who were constantly thrUsting their
hands into the bread which was 10 go
into the homes OF thousands CT Wash
inEtOnianS-
An Unpleasant Feature.
Probably the most unpleasant feature
o. the entire investigation was the
sIovenliness characteristic OF nearly ali
os the bakeries inspected In the north
west section and Georgetown.
Utter disregard was paid 10 the scraps
or dough and grease that feH from the
trimmed loaves. the hands OF the nix
ers. and the tables. and these particles,
which could easily have been swept C0,
were allowed 10 lie sround until traIn0-
ed under foot
While no official report viii be made
20 Dr. Woodward by Inspector Stoy un-
I'll Monday. the notes read by TIE latter
10 his chief at the close Of the investi-
cation yesterday afternoon would indi-
cate that warrants FOR several Of the
places viii be issued as result OF the
gross carelessness and negligence un-
covered
Many Of the leading bakeriel remain