The log cabin Democrat., 1915-04-09
MAKES REPORT ON LOCAL CONDITIONS SANI1ARIAN CHAPMAN TELLS CIVIC CLUB RESULT OF
 INVESTIGATIONS
 MADE HERE.

Sanltarlan N. F. Chapman of Mena, who has been conducting a week S cleanup campaign in Conway, sub mitted the following report to the School and Civic Club at its meeting this afternoon:
 To Hon. Frank Jones, Mayor, The Conway Civic League,
 l submit this as my report of the sanitary conditions of the City of Con- way as l found conditions during the first week in April, beginning Mon day, April ,, 1915.
 In company with your most efficient county health officer I visited all of the oalrles ana private places furnish Ing milk, butter or cream to your cit izens. We found the Fulmer dairy the best of those inspected. however. l could grade it only about 75. The other dairies were in dreadful condi tlons, in fact the owners of each of them needed bath, the barns where the did the milking were not screened. many of them were in a few feet of the home privy, where flies could and /, would visit each to get change of diet. The manure heaps were gener- ally in the barns, and feed and other stuff placed overhead would sprinkle dust down into the buckets. The milk was handled in the kitchens, where people with colds were permitted to cough, where cats, dogs, and some- times chickens wandered in. The buckets were hung on the fence to air. and sun and be exposed to germs and dust. Of course they were rinsed out with water taken from a we'll Wheth- CT that water was free from danger l would not state. None of your dali rymen have tuberculn tested cows as the law directs. WARNING: Don't use the milk until it is right, or pas teurize.
 We examined your slaughter houses which were dirty and filthy and should be condemned at once. The only solu- tion to the slaughter house proposi- tion is for the city to have one and force every butcher to use it. The practice some people have of buying meat from any farmer is certainly foolish one. I wish you could see some of the places where the farmers butchered
 The markets are dirty and should be cleaned up or forced out of busi- ness. Their refrigerators are dirty, they slice meat and leave it exposed on the counter for hours to dust and flies. Just how long will your house. wives permit such conditions? Until you demand an inspector or boycott filthy dealers.
 Your merchants hang out bananas, vegetables and fruits exposed to dust and flies. This is wrong.
 In closing I wish to state that you have the best county health officer l have yet found in this state, or in any other state. He has done much for you and will do more if you will assist him by refusing to purchase milk or meat from the unsanitary dealers as he points them out to you. He is willing to prosecute them for you. Help him.
 Your mayor has aided me in every way he could and has certainly been of great assistance to me. Likewise your paper, the Log Cabin Democrat. !
 To all of these I desire to express i my thanks, and 1 assure you that much has been accomplished, provided you do as Helena and other towns are doing, keep you standing inspection committee to work with your city board of health and your county ! health officer. Expose the dirty deal CT through the paper.
 I have now pointed out to you the conditions. I trust you will file a ! copy of this report with Mrs. John i Ike Moore and also write your State Health Officer C. W. Garrison, Little Rock, and ask him why he permits these conditions to exist.
 If at any time l can serve you further, address mo at Mana, Ark, { and l will advise you by letta~
 Respectfully submiyvcd
 N. F. Chapman.
 This the 9th day of April, 1915.