The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-07
Kansas Hotel Men Must Clean
Up.
State Board of Health Has Been
Active.
SHEETS
TW PrOprietOrs Fined fer Fail
ure in This Respect.
Butchers Also Pay for Their
Carelessness.

The state board of health inspectors
are still active in the enforcement of
the board regulations in regard to
hotels, and while all the hotels in the
state either obeyed the regulation
when the law went into effect two
years ago or went out of business, yet
the inspectors are keeping close tab on
them to see that they continue to be
good. Several prosecutions have been
made recently as the hotels become lax
in living up to the law. A report made
today by the board shows prosecutions
in the cases of three hotels, two res
taurants and a number of butchers as
follows:
Particular attention has been paid
this year to the inspection of hotels
by county health officers and on the
whole it is felt that there has been a
great Improvement in the general con-
dltlonS OF hotels throughout the state.
There are still a few bad ones, and
that an effort has been made to
stra1ghten these out is evidenced by
some of the more recent prosecutions
that have been made against hotels
Tor various violations of the hotel law.
OF particular interest is one brought
by the county health officers of Marion
county, in which the hotelkeeper was
80 days.
1.-The Bonham hotel of Clay Center,
on a complaint made by our inspector
and the county health officer, was
hned $50 and costs on each of two
counts, one for the using of sheets not
of the required length and the other,
unsanitary condition of refrigerator.
w. ]. Groves of Goff, on complaint
by county health officer and our in
spector, was fined $25 and costs for
maintaining his hotel in general un-
sanitary condition and otherwise not
complying with the hotel require
ments as to the proper length of
sheets, no fire eXtinguishers and prop
er disinfection of rooms not being
made.
'"Fhe Briggs hotel of Great Bend,
owned by E. c. Briggs, has been in
trouble twice on complaints made by
inspectors of the department. On the
first occasion ne was fined $1,000 and
costs on each of six counts for main
tanning his hotel in an unsanitary con-
dition and not having proper fire pro-
plant (tWo counts) was made on un-
sanitary conditions of the hotel. and
fine of $4,000 and costs imposed.
Besides these there have been a
large num- Der of places closed and or
ders made for improvements both as
to sanitary conditions and proper fire
protection equipment, and these or
ders followed up until proper correc-
tionS have been made. There are a
large number of these in the balance
now, and unless the proper correc-
tions are made at once prosecution
will be started against all places not
in compliance with the hotel law.
Our inspectors this year have pail
particular attention to restaurants
and there has been a great improve
ment all along the line in these places
in the general sanitary conditions
Clean up orders have been given and
these followed up until the restaurant
man now knows he must keep clean. 1t
has been necessary to close a large
number of these places until they have
cleaned up and this has been done in
preference to prosecution. where possi-
BILE. 1t has, however, been necessary 70
prosecute a few of these and it is need
less to say that In the future complaint
will be made against every restaurant
which is being conducted in violation
of our sanitary law
30. N. Burk & c. L, Atchinson res
taurant of Gardner. on complaint of
our inspector, was fined $1125 for un-
sanitary conditions of restaurant
''Wm. J. Frey, Junction City, COM
plant by inspector, fined s25; and L.
H Cook. Junction City. fined $12.75,
both of these on account of unsanitary
conditions.
complaint filed September by
county attorney in district court at
Westmoreland against the firm,
Rhodes & Hudson. butchers at St.
George. charging them with slaugh-
tering cattle unfit for food purposes
(tlvo counts) and killing under con
ditions which were a violation of the
sanitary law. Defendants entered a
plea of guilty. and fined by court.
complaint made against Thomas
Foster of Concordia, selling bread
short weight and not having same le-