The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
1S,71S POUNDS OF
 MEAT CONDEMNED
TOTAL OF 1859 ANIMALS INSPECT ED DURING JANUARY-REPOR MADE ON CONDITION OF MILK AND DIARIES.

The active work of the city bacteriol- ogist and meat and milk inspector is shown by the following report:
 Birmingham, Ala, Feb. S. 1908. To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen
 of Birmingham, Ala:
 Conference.-The following is a report for the month of January 1907:
 Meat Inspection: Home-slaughter ami mals inspected Cattle, 444: hogs, 4S6; veal, 8. Total 93S.
 Street and Market Inspected Animals: Cattle, a5; hogs, 7S sheep. 1s; veal, 292 kids, 50. Total, 474..
 Western Animals Inspected: Cattle 1474; hogs, 124O; sheep, 75s; veal. 75. To- tal 8547
 Total Number Animals Inspected: Cat tie, 1850; hogs, 1894; sheep, TT; veal, S75; kids, 50. Grand total, 4959.
 Other fresh meats inspected, (western not included in the above number of ami mals), 425,7S5 pounds
 Animals rejected before slaughter 3 cattle, too poor; 2 calves. too poor. An finals condemned after slaughter: 1 COW, natural death; hogs. cholera; calves, too poor and young; flyers, cysts; liv- CTS, abscesses; livers, degenerated 8 flyers, echonoccus cysts; 40 lvers, flukes; bruised meats cut out; meats spoiled by keeping. Total condemned and tanked 13,71S Spoiled fish condemned, 4590 pounds. Spoiled oysters condemned. r buckets.
 Bacteriological Investigations of milk. Dealers-R. D. Taylor, good G. N Cooper good T. II. Smith, satisfac- tory; w. M. Glass, good; Drake Bros. fairly good; P. H. Watts, good F. S. Chew, good; Drake Bros, fairly satis- factory; Gridley-Le Dairy Co.,, good three samples; J. T. Larking, good; Glen Iris Dairy Co., satisfactory; Glen Iris Dairy Co.,. fairly satisfactory: G. w. Fowler, good; G. D. Robertson. req sonably satisfactory; c. A. Schomburg, good Bowles & Foller, fairly good; J. B. Fair, good; R. J. Yarbrough, good; J. R. Brigges. fairly good; Robertson & Owen. fairly good; w. S. Mayhew. fairly accepta ble; E. W. Nash. satis- factory; J. o. Walker, good. c. A. Davis, satisfactory; G. D. Robertson. satisfactory; J. A Kent. fairly good. b. l.. Wilkinson, good; W. B. Baker & Sons, fairly good; G. P. Chandler. satis- factory; A. c. Miller. fairly good; w. P. Walker. good; ]. w. Edwards good: w. c. Barclift, good.
 Samples of city water were collected from the following locations and tested for contamination. South slde-I2O0 Avenue F. 72s Twelfth street, 1905 Ave nue H, SOP Thirteenth street. 915 Thir- teenth street. 12SO Eleventh avenue. Sixteenth street, HOO Twelfth street. 1527 Thirteenth avenue, 1929 Eleventh avenue, 1928 Twenty-eighth street. 200s Eighth avenue, 7OS West Twentieth street, ISIS sixth avenue. The results of these tests were satisfactory.
 Dairies Inspected-L. T. Cobb. condi- tions at their da5sy nQt acceptable. and owner instructeA tosnaka necessary Improvements. reinspeetion showed much more satisfactory. F. T. Welch. conditions fairly acceptable. at tention of owner called to necessary improvements needed. E. B. smith. conditions found to be rather poor. in- SliuVllohS SiNth Ao litdhe tafIr1e-AE improvements. W. s. Mayhew, condi- tions only moderately acceptable. as- tention called to necessary improve ments. w. w. Fowler. conditions only fair owing 10 unfavorable location. directed to give improvements proper attention. G. W. Fowler. in fairly ac- ceptable condition. attention called to some minor improvements. R- A Der ry, in acceptable condition. F1p Stramler. owner instructed to make necessary improvements as To drain age and particularly to general clean Illness. ". R. Davis. new place. further improvements desired. c. D. Robertson. new location. new barn. in acceptable condition. J. A. Kent. condition mod era ately fair. some cleaning necessary R. D. Taylor. new location. new build ings in quite acceptable condition q. B. Woodward, dairy barn used rather poor, and it is hoped to note some im- provement on next inspection. w P. Walker in fairly acceptable condition. but some attention is needed as To drainage, and general cleaning C. A. Shomberg, in very good condition as % sanitary surroundings. Slimp Bros-. new location, is contemplating making further improvements. will be more sat- isfactory when completed. G. F. Chand- Ter. new barn, in fairly acceptable con- dition. w. B. Baker & Sons, very good equipment, excellent location. found in very acceptable and sanitary condition Respectfully submitted.
 E NJ. DUNCAN.