The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-22
RENEW ATTACKS ON
SLAUGHTER HOUSES
Annual Report of Commissioner
Saunders Says Death-Pens
Are Unclean.

Further attacks on the unclean con-
ditions of slaughter houses in the
state Of Virginia fiji the fourth annual
report Of State Food and Dairy Com
missioner Saunders. which has lust
been received from the hands OF the
printer.
Some OF tho slaughter houses i'm the
State have been greatly improved;' -
says that officer: "in some cases the
old slaughter houses have been aban-
doned, giving place to better and more
modern establishments. Al some
points. however. the question Of the
slaughter houses Is far from a salts
factory solution, but IT lis hoped that
before another year goes by many
OF those that are left will give place
to more modern and better establish
ments."
The reports OF slaughter house in
spection speak eloauently: out Of tho
loS slaughter houses in various parts
OF the state inspected during tho year
by the department. officials, only fiftccn
were pronounced good. the others ali
= being set down as either in fair Or bad
condition. In Richmond. the stun .
ton appears to have been worse I'll
in any other city. Six slaughter
houses were examined by Inspector
Jones: five were pronounced bad and
Milk Very Pure
The sanitary condition of the
States milk supply appears TO become
increasingly better. In his report,
Peyton Rove. dairy inspector. says:
Il viii state that the improvements
in the general sanitary conditions of
the dairies in Virginia within the
period covered by this report, seem 20
nave been phenomenal: in fact, l have
IN lNf.1 l>,s
ment men. who have pretty well COW
cred the whole Of the United states,
that In their opinion Nirg inia within
the last few years has made the most
remarkable progress in dairy santa
ton. and AT the present time. in this
respect. Is ahead Of any other state in
the Union"
Both MIR. Rowe and A. F.. Howard,
the creamery inspector urge more uni
formity in dairy standards ana dairy
inspection laws in the State There
are twenty-five creamcries in Virginia;
hfteen make butter, producing about
$4,000 pounds per year. The est.mat-
cd amount of butter fat used by the
creamcries in the year is l3lSo0u
pounds having "a value of 1858, 900.
the worth Of the creamery output was
about Sl,9OO.ooc. There are about
1000 dairymcn in the State owning
bakeries Good. CnnnerIes Had.
The general sanitary condition of
bakeries In the State was found IN h.
good, and the berated cold storage
plants came through with flying
colors. From the standpoint of clean
Illness. the cold storage plants lead
the lists. Out of all the plants of this
character inspected, but two were pro-
nounccd bad. The canning factories
visited were all rnno-toH ,,,ov,
isfactory The conditions Of hotels
and restaurants was found TO be
winter than il is generally painted,
and the ice cream manufacturers
came through with flying colors. Only
one ice cream plant in the State was
declared bad; six were fair and all
the rest good.
The oyster packing houses receive
an unqualified boost from the inspcc-
tor, who says: Il take great pleasure
III mentioning the voluntary sanitary
improvements in these houses by the
owners and managers Their desire
seems to be to furnish the trade with
perfectly sanitary oyster. The small
and large packers have this end In
view.
In the city of Richmond. Inspector
Jones discovered conditions generally
not bad, although he found serious
fault with the Old Market, which. he
says. Is not yet in proper sanitary
condition. The condition of the local
slaughter houses are improved he re-
ports, and a modern abaItoir is in pro-
cess of erection. Commission mer-
chants on Cary street are complying
with the pure food requirements ac-
cording TO the inspector, and the Sixth
Street market has been converted
from an unhealthy. y-blown shop, into
modern. sanitary meat house.