The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-17
j. |. HUMPFER GETS
EXCELLENT RATING
Inspectors Make Reports on Ham
mond, Gary, Indiana HarbOr, Crown
Point, Whiting, Highlands and
Hobart-Find Various Conditions
in Different Cities.
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis, Ind, April 17.-State
food inspectors have been roofing
around in some of the counties of the
state during the last few months, and
the state board of health has just given
out some information In regard TO what
thty found. The report of the board,
just off the press, says this:
Make Many Inspections.
During the five months, 3,106 first
inspections were made of all classes Of
establishments. OF this number, 1879
places were in excellent condition, l.
62S were in good condition, 1924 were
fair, $50 poor and 65 bad It is worth
recording that the sanitary conditions
| of hotels and restaurants is decidedly
more unsatisfactory than that of any
other class. OF the 4s6 hotels and res
/ taurants visited but ten were in excel
lent condition. 1876 were in good condi-
ton, 244 fair only. while 70 were grad
ed as poor and II as bad.
Twenty mine second inspections
were made and 40 third inspections.
Forty-six of the forty third in
spections show good sanitary condi-
lions Two places are classed as ex-
cellent, and the other one establish
ment was still in fair condition.
Some Lake County Reports.
In the report of inspections is given
the following:
Hammond, Lake county-The grocery
and meat market owned by Joseph L
Humpfer & Co. were visited and found
in excellent condition. Two grocerie:
and meat markets were found good
Two drug stores were found good and
one fair. One bakery was found good
two bakeries and conftctioneries fair
and four poor One restaurant wai
found good and one fair.
Gary. Lake county-Seventy- three in
spections were made. OF nineteen gro
cerfes visited six were found good, sew
en- fair, one poor and two bad, beini
= very unclean. The grocery stores own
ed by P. Jarabek, Title Bros, and I
r S. Eisler were visited and found to b
in excellent condition. Five meat mar
kets were found good, five fair on
poor and two bad. The meat market
owned by l. S. Eisler and the Tittl
Bros. were in excellent condition. Fiv
drug stores found good and one fai
4 Five bakeries and confectioneries wer
found good and five fair OF twenty
five were found good. nine fair, seve
poor and one bad. Twenty pounds
meat were condemned.
/ Indiana Harbor, Lake county-Thre
4 groceries and meat markets were ii
/ spected and one was found good, or
g fair and one poor The general cond
e tions were bad. refrigerators unclea
n and the meat was improperly cared 70
4 Two drug stores were found good. Or
b confectionery was found fair
Crown Point, Lake county-Of Fl,
/ dairies inspected one was found goo
f two fair, one poor and one bad. beir
to condemned until made sanitary.
i. Whiting, Lake county-One baker
y was visited and found in a very u
a sanitary condition. the walls and flo
g being very dirty
d Highland, Lake county-Two dairi
le were inspected, one being poor and Of
ID bad. The stables need more light. be
at ter ventilation and a general cleaniI
up.
IS Hobart, Lake county-Of seven dai
II. les inspected two were found fair, thr
N poor and two bad.