The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-09
CITY BOARD Of HEALTH HOLDS
IMPORTANT MEETING TODAY
Reports of Officers are Made-Need of a Sanitary Slaueh.
ter House is Especially Elmphasized-Bu Few Arrests
Made Under Ordinance Covering Inspection of Milk.

complaints as to garbage left We're
follows:
DIR. a. \. Westeen. City Health Off.
Ger. Grand Forks. y. ID.
Dear Sir: In compliance with your
request. l have the honor to submit
my annual report as city food in
Spector for the year ending March 81.
1913. A general inspection has been
made each month of places where
food is handled or offered for sale and
scored according to the state santa
tion score card (samples attached.)
a total of a95 inspections we're made.
of these 42S were groceries. 1871 on
f~ectionerys, IS bakeries. 81 butchers.
at fair grounds. AZ restaurants. Ii
hotels. Is slaughter houses. The
record shows a monthly average as
follows:
Groceries. . sl-s: bakeries. IS 1-2;
factories. % 1-2. confectioners,
81 81: butchers. 90 SIS, restaurants.
81 a-14.
Slaughter houses in such unsanitary
conditions that no credit could be
given. old wooden buildings with no
sewer or water connections. no way
OF dispostnE OF the offal except as ma
ture takes its course 1t is not only
extremely %unsanitary but antiquated
and a public nuisance. would there
fore recommend that steps be taken
without delay to provide a sanitary
slaughter house.
Each month finds some improve
ments have been made in the handling
and protection Of foods. and in the
places where foods are kept. Fly
season will find the merchants with
their foods generally protected. They
are realizing that the best kept places
will get the public patronage and are
therefore gradually making improve
ments. not only In the sale room. but
in the cooling room, Easements and
back rooms
Our state pure food law is so we'll
observed by our wholesale as we'll as
our retail merchants that the manu-
%facturers of illegal foods would soon
be forced out Of business if they de-
pended on our merchants for a mar
ket for their goods. Only one prose-
cution has been necessary the past
year and that a packing house COM
pany for having a large quantity Of
case came to trial on Feb. 90, 1918.
They were found guilty and fined 800.
The health Of our city is no doubt
due in a great measure to the eff
cheney Of the health department to-
gether with the work of the Women's
Civic league. There has been reported
through me the past year to the
health department. the following
number Of complaints:
Garbage. 405: toilets. So: weeds. IS:
barn manure. 22S; ashes. SO: rubbish.
1876; tin cans. 90: miscellaneous, IS:
making a total Of 1887.
! You will agree with me that this
matter is much greater than it should
be for instance garbage with our pres
ent system of free collection of same
by the city. The only requirements
being the procuring Of a covered gar
bage can. the number should be great
ly reduced and l would recommend
that some more stringent means be
used with the idea Of reducing the
number Of complaints found necessary
tc report the past year.
Respectfully submitted.
Mrs. r. a. Sprague.
Food Inspector.
DIR. RUEDIGER'S REPORT on
MILK.
Over 800 samples of milk. and over
220 samples of cream were collected
and analysed by the director Of the
public health laboratory during the
past year. Only three arreses were
made. The report follows:
DR.. A. A. Westeen,
City Health Officer.
Grand Forks, X. D.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with your request. I