Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

subject he was able to announce that so
rapidly does this particular form of dam
ger to human life and health develop that
there were anywhere from 1856 to 1885,
600 of these organisms to every SQUARE
| inch.
Nearly all of these bacilli belong to the
particular breed known as the "bacilli
| COLI and DR.. Stiles did not hesitate to
say that they were of a most undesirable
brand Of bacilli. particularly when asso-
ciated with food in any manner
1t is Mr.. Bacilli Coli who gets the blame
for lot Of infiammatory diseases, prin-
cipal among which is appendicitis
Many member Of the Appendicit' s
how he came to gain a membership in the
organization. now has an answer to his
question in the discovery Of the govern
ment expert.
| Many OF the bacilli found were directly
ch1argeabie to filthy conditions. The
proper effort was made to make them
otherwise.
But even in such places it was worthy
or note that the unbroken china shed i'm
hasty and careless dish washing possible
to tn kind of place sufficed to clean
OFF the organisms. The smooth surface
or the dishes were comparatively free of
bacilli.
But it wasn't possible to wash the dirt
out Of the cracks even in the higher
class places. The bacilli found a clinginr
place in the rough broken surface
Dr. Stiles was. in fact. while making
his report. careful to point out that the
perils of the shattered chinaware were
by no means confined to the public eating
places.
The vital need of a proper household
sanitation was pointed out in order to
protect the health of its INHABITANTS, and
sure cleaning of the china from meal
to meal was recounted as one OF the
best means.
In the report is to be found this sig
nificant statement:
THE sanitary aspect of refriserators
and ice boxes may develop conditions be-
yond human liberation. 1t is d resretta-
BILE fact that many such places often con-
tain highly Objectionable material. and
| II not intended for Immediate use il
often communicates and ruins the entire
contents of the ice box.
1T seems highly desirable to eliminate
the use of cracked dishes for the recep-
ton of food materials and to make an
j the known hygienic measures and to pro-
tect our food from unnecessary and I'M
desirable contamination
| 1t is one Of the curious results of tn.
report OF the department that already
patrons Of restaurants and public eating
places are beginning to give their china
a most critical inspection.
Trenton. N. j.. the heart Of a great
! pottery industry, gives the best possible
proof of this by saying that there never
before were SO many orders for cheap
dishes in large quantity. Many estab-
lishments that make a conscientious eff
fort to run their business on hygienic
lines have voluntarily replaced their Old
stock Of dishes with the new material
and as result the pottery industry is on
the boom.
In recent years the increasing attention
given to questions of sanitation and to
pure food has had the effect of adding to
the number of so-called cranks who inves-
t gate very carefully all that has to do
with their eating.
Undoubtedly this order will result In a
critical inspection Of all dishes. and there
will in the future be as much criticism
of the vessels themselves as Of what they
carry.