El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-26
OLD SHIRT USED To COVER BREAD;
INSECTS FOUND ON TOP Of DOUGH
Women's Club Committee Finds Startling Condition in
Bakeries Visited With State Food Inspector; Dirt
and Dust Found in Bakere Visited by Women;
Bread Being Made in Unsanitary Easements

chance to clean UP their places before
she made her score as to cleanliness.
Baking Room Bad
At bakery number one the office was
found to be in sDick and span condi-
ton and the mixing and baking rooms
in bad sanitary state At bakery num-
Der two the proprietor was sick and his
wife refused to meet The committee.
They had access to the mixing room
and baking room and made a report Of
bad At bakery number three the
salesrOOm WIS found in good condition.
The ten cent bread wrapped and no
products exposed on counters The
basement where the bread was mixed
had no sewerage connection. being be
low the sewer pipe level. and stagnant
water, dough coated shelves and dusty
ceilings were noted At bakery number
four conditions were on a par with
number one and two
Bedding In Room.
A common fault found at most OF the
bakeries was that the rooms in which
the bread Is made have little ventila-
tiOn5 that clothing and bedding lies
about indiscriminately that the troughs
IN which the dough rises are coated
with an accumulation of dirt that does
not seem TO have ever been removed;
that the cans and Jar in which Filings
are placed stand oDen on the floors
that the WOrkmen are not clean. Of
body; that the walls and ceilings with
cut an exception are coated with dust
and eobwebs5 that the baking pans are
elouted with left over bakings-
At each place Mrs. Darwin. after
making an inspection, talked TO the
proprietor as to the conditions which
should be remedied and to the workmen
as to how they should care for the
bakery equipment and their bodies
OvSraIIs Cover Bread-
The bakery making the least score
had its not bread stacked in a small
room and thrown over the top a pair
or oVeralls and a sOiled shirt. In an
other place a cot stood in the mixing
room where the men rested when tired
In a third the clothing OF the workmen
was hung upon the walls Of the mix
ing roOn and hats and articles Of cloth
ing thrown carelessIy upon the mixing
tables and the cooling shelves
Much Residue.
At all Of the bakeries visited the
shelves where fresh bread stands. bins
and trouSas in which it is mixed and
sets, were covered with a residue Of
dough and gray-black from time. Tie
mixers, prOprietors stated, were cleaned
out daily, but at the time OF inspection
all were covered with dough It was
stated that a brush is used to clean
out the tscrappings and that after the
mixers are sealded out they look ex-
cellenL
Bakers UncTenn-
one OF the things pointed out by Mrs
Darwin was that no provision is made
at the bakeries for the personal clean
Illness OF the men At one place a tub
Of stagnant water stood under drip
ping hydrant and at this place the I
workmen were supposed to wash their
hands When the tub got full 1t was
carried upstairs and dumped in the
drain
Flour Sacks Dirty.
II was also noticed that the empty 7
flour sacks were used for the placing
Of the unbaked Ioaves and that the
sacks were not always clean Mrs. |
Darwin said:
Look here, don't you know that ne
grOes and Mexicaus sit on those sacks /
that they are dragged over sidewalks
on which people spit that they travel {
in freight cars and do all sorts Of /
things that are unsanitary. Don't use /
them unless you wash them"
What especially bothered the com 4
mittee of women were the cobwebs Il
and dust They went about num- 4
bling, It's bound to get into the 4
bread" and someone lifted one Of the I
planks that held in q pack Of dough 4
and on top were dust and insects.
Dust Everywhere.
In all of the mixing rooms dust was 4
everywhere. The degree Of cleanlf- 4
ness OF baking pans differed One 1
shop especially prided itself upon its Il
pans. but expressed embarrassment at Il
its shelves Another shop pointed to 4
the neatness Of its display windows Il
and delivery wagons.
Aaalyze Dirt Under Nails.
In Chicago" said Mrs Darwin. Eve 4
had the dirt under one bakers finger 4
nails analysed and found all the germs t
in the category It should be com 1
pulsOry Tor each bakery to insist upon
personal cleanliness. as the bread /
comes in contact with the bakers
hands from the time Of shaping the
loaf until he hands it to the customer,
and there is no excuse for bread be-
ing filled with human effluVia. scales
from the body, dandFuff from the
head, flakes and secretion from the
nose It's unpleasant as a subject, l
but 1t exists and now that il exists
Fl Paso has to meet it and work for |
better sanitation and cleanliness
The committee which ACCOMPANIED !
Mrs. Darwin consisted of Mrs s H