Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-24
WILL Be GUIDE
TO PURCHASERS
Health Board Plans TO Issue
Monthly Pamphlet Telling
About Local Stores.
In PURE FOOD CAMPAIGN
Also Contain Names of Places
Where Unsanitary and Dis
eased Foods Are Sold.

The health department may short
ly begin the publication of a monthly
pamphlet, which will contain the
names of the owners Of every store
or other food establishment in the
city, and information concerning the
quality of goods handled by these
venders. The plan, as proposed by
Commissioner Leo Schwartz, will
serve to improve present conditions,
under which, It Is claimed by the
board. diseased food products are
continually sold to unsuspecting Gus
toners. The pamphlet Will furnish
data on the sanitary conditions of
the interiors Of the stores as well, It
Is planned
This "pitiless publicity" is the
climax to pure food campaign
started several weeks ago by the
Board Of Health, to which impetus
was added two weeks ago by the ap-
pointment of DR.. A. P. Lubach to
the office of food inspector. Dr.
Lubach has inspected fourteen butch
er shops, one of which was found to
contain meat of a questionable ma
ture, he claims. Mr.. Schwartz says
this plan Will be continued from
time to time. and advises the mer-
chants handling food products to
raise or maintain their present stan
dard, as the case may be. The fol-
lowing animals were examined be-
fore killed by DR.. Lubach, It was re-
ported at the boards meeting last
night; Thirty-siX COWS, four calves
and three pigs.
Milk Not Up to Standard.
Commissioner Schwartz reported
that Seller Brothers, OF Newark. are
supplying local milkmen with milk
not up to the standard. The clerk
was instructed to communicate with
Seller Brothers TO the effect that II
the standard Is not raised all local
dealers Will be instructed to refuse
the milk under penalty of the board
revoking their licenses. Mr.. Schwartz
also stated that he had made the
following assignments for the in
spectors, and wished same confirmed
by the board: Sanitation
plumbing and bakeries; Frost-Dai-
ries, fumigations and miscellaneous
Lubach--Butcher shops and cattle
| in dairies. President Justus kal-
etsch objected to the plan, claiming
Inspector Kerr could not handle this
| amount of work, and the division o.
work among the inspectors was lai(
| over until next meeting.
| Abatement of Nuisances.
The following attachments wert
| reported by the sanitation commit
tee: "A Smith street, 296 Smith
street, 923 Elm street, 528 Jacques
street, 400 Ogden place, 405 High
street, 104 Commerce street, 266-
26S Mcclellan street, upper Fayette
street, 459 Compton avenue. The
| following complaints OF alleged
nuisances were referred to the ju
dietary committee: 1913 Hall ave
nue., 483 Miller street, 400 Smith
! street, 73 Madison avenue, The
following alleged nuisances were re
ported unabated: 28S Davidson ave
nue., 332 Watson avenue, 50 Smitl
street, 425 Smith street, School NO
8, 668 Cortlandt street, 9t7 Kirk
land place, 1872 Second street, 208
i 218 High street, 48 Gordon street
IIehigh Valley Railroad Company
lS72 Prospect street, 81 Lewis street
Property Owners are Summoned.
| owners of the following proper
ties were summoned to appear a
the next meeting of the board: 400
402 Washington street, 10l-l0t
Commerce street, 644 Catherine
street. 288 Smith street, 323-325
Prospect street, 836 State street
282 Maple street. 287 New Bruins
wick avenue. The clerk was in
structed to communicate with the
street and sewer committee of the
Board of Aldermen relative to the
city bearing an equal share or the
expense of filing in ponds on city
property. Extension Of time wal
granted by the sanitation committee
on the complaints against property
owned by e. Cutter, OF Woodbridge
and August UImer, who was slcl
and unable to appear before tn
board.
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