The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-13
SEE SORE NEED Of INSPECTION
Complaints Made That Milk is I'M
properly Handled by Milkmen and
That Meat Unfit for Consumption is
Being Sold in the City

Members of the new city council
which will be organized next Monday
night are being urged to take some
steps to secure the election of a milk
and food inspector for the city Of Ke
nosha.
Under the present plans of the city
the work which would naturally fall
under the duties of such an official is
supposed to be done by the health
officer of the city, but with the salary
paid that official by the city, even with
perquisites granted by the common
council, it would be impossible to ex-
pect him to do the work of food in
spector. In the last few days several
complaints have been made to the po-
lice and other city officials in regard
to the quality of milk and it is de-
clared that some of the milk dealers
are using cans for handling the milk
which are unsanitary, that the milk is
measured in open measures, often filed
with dust and that the milk is poured
from an open spouted can which gives
the dust and germs chance to get
into the milk. There have been numer-
Gus complaints of the sale of immature
meat products in the city. This for the
most part is being carried on by ped
dlers who never come into the down
town districts of the city, but who
dispose of their products on the out
skirts Of the city and largely to
foreigners. Repeated complaint has
been made of the sale of diseased
chickens in different parts Of the city
and these facts have been sub
stantiated by the stories of farmers
from whom the chickens were pur-
chased. Some farmers have declined
to sell diseased animals and chickens
to these peddlers, but they have no
trouble in picking up enough of this
stuff to do thriving business.
AlO OIUy VI LOcCluS udS ISCOuJlY met
similar conditions by naming a milk
and food inspector at a salary of $11O0
a year. This inspector has already
worked wonders in Racine. He has
made a personal inspection of dairies
and has seen to it that all dealers in
milk handle it in suitable cans or bot
ties. He has also made tests of milk
sold in that city thus supplementing
the work Of the state food and dairy
commission.
The main objection made to the ad-
clifton of another official to the paw
roll in Kenosha is the fact that the
city can i'll afford to increase the paw
roll at the present time. For some
time the council has been planning the
appointment of city sealer of weights
and measures and it is thought that
it would be possible to combine these
Offices. 1t would also be possible to
pass suitable license law for peddlers
anu OollCL oCdiSlS III TO
provide that at least portion of the
pay of the proposed official could be
met with fees received from these
people.
There has been still another suo
gestion and that is that the Office of
commissioner of health be created and
that the duties of the proposed new
Office be merged with those of health
officer and man employed who
would be able to give his entire time
to the duties of the office. This latter
suggestion has met with great deal
Of support among the aldermen who
have long recognized the fact that the
present health department. is in
adequate to meet the constantly in
creasing demands of the city. It is
expected that this matter will be taken
up at one of the early meetings of the
common council and it is possible that
the matter will be thrashed out when
the new council organizes.