Evening journal., 1918-04-04
CITY EATING HOUSES
UNDER CRITICAL EYE.
Health Officials Make ln-
s9ecliOn Of Restaurants
in City S Center
CHANGE ORDERED TO
IMPROVE CONDITIONS

Having mado an inspection Of some
OF the restaurants alons Front street,
from King to Market and Market street
from Front TO Tenth streets, ycster-
day afternoon, Thomas Z. PeeQcy, sec
retary OF the Board of Health. who
was accompanied ny CITY Physician
Perkins. MIX Inspector Elisha Higgins
and Meat inspector samuel N. Ford,
expressed himself as being surprised at
ihe methods used IN some OF The
restaurants. lie said that the Board
Of Health would take dctlOn against
mo proprietor OF one restaurant, at
least. and order Il closed. The in
snccllon party VIII continue iis in
yesiigation today and a report VIII be
submitted 20 The Health Boord.
Secretary Pceney made the investiga-
tlCn following complaints OF citizens
shout food being displayed in windows
and on counters without protection. lie
gave no warning Of the inspection. In
one ealing house which has a lodging
house attached, eleven bedrooms were
visited and IN q majority OF the rooms
as many as i've cots were found. The
bed clothes were dirty and the rooms
without any erti1cial light, opened onto
narrow corridors, were freely aired by
broken panes Of glass. This structure
was without fire escapes, the stairNays
being narrow wooden ones, with many
turns
AZ one restaurant on the lower side
l " the city an open well that needed
cleaning was within six foet OF en- fec
/ box In which was found cooked meat.
/ aud milk. but no ice. in this place ar
/ open garbage can nlled with waste
was found alongside the gas range or
which food was being prepared The
/ cellar Of this place was not used, belns
hllcd with water In pools covered Will
3 a Teenish slime.
In evepy place visited Nulk Inspector
Higgins warned against the keeping o
milk In the same compartment Of icl
boxes with other foodstuffs. In soml
OF the places visited. milk was fount
uncovered. Secretary Peeney informe,
the proprieiors of places visited that (
was proposed 90 give a rating 90 al
restaurants aud that a strict watch wa
TO be kepi on them 10 see that condl
lions improved and met the standari
set by the health authorities.
IN one eating house visited yesterday
plate OF fish scraps was found IN
box nlled with dishes used in the din
ingroom and alongside the dishes we
81 large pan OF whliewash that ha
been used some time ago. The floo- 4
this place was covered with grease an
. employees there were placed az work a
! once 20 scape the 1ooring. The wors
conditions were found south OF Fourt
street.
J The windows OF some of the eatin
b houses contained cooked flsh and me.
{ cakes and alongside them were pul
S dings and pies all uDscreened aqd son
covered with dust from the swceplr
- OF the floor or etreet.
e I'm one place In East Third stree
Q with The exception Of milk being kel
r uncovered. nothing was found out
] order. The proprietor was compl
menied upon his clean place.
With ihe exception 0f conditions Z,
y containing garbage, which iho propri'
tors an agreed 30 remedy. The place
along upper Market street were foun
in irst-class condition.
The inspection VIII continue toda
and tomorrow II necessary.