Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-30
MARKETS TOLD
TO CLEAN Up BY
NIGHT OR CLOSE
Assistant State Veterinarian Re-
turns After Warning 3 Weeks
Ago-An Found Bad

Gus is below the sanitary standards |
required and after having been warn
ed by him three weeks ago to clean |
up and told how to do it all have !
failed yet to pass muster; and that |
all which fail to comply by tonight |
will be closed, were the statements |
made to the eTimes-Recorder today by |
DR.. r. M. Walsh, assistant state vet
erinarian, after visit to the local |
markets in company with Fireman |
Davidson, representing Chief Nc
Arthur, city sanitary Inspector
Not only this, but he has recon-
mended the enactment by the city /
council OF ordinances requiring prop /
er inspection of meat and mIlk OF
fered for sale and of slaughter
houses. He declared he had discuss
ed this matter with Mayor Sheppard !
when here three weeks ago, pointing
out the need for it for the protection |
of the health of the people, and that !
he received "no encouragement" the !
mayor stating that he did not think |
there would be much to it because
the city had no funds to pay an in
spector.
Up to People.
Il am going to insist that proper
regulations be enacted said DR.. |
Walsh, ''for it really is impossible |
for the state to handle situation |
like this unless the city itself gets |
behind it. We inspect conditions |
and make recommendations If we |
get cooperation we cooperate with |
the local authorities and help clean |
things up. If we do not get coop
GRAFTON we do not waste much time |
and energy; for after all it is up to
the people themselves. If they want |
to buy unsanitary meat and milk and |
shut their eyes about 1t, that is their
business. | have observed that cities |
find money for paving and making
whatever expenditures they most :
want to make or find necessary, and
am quite sure that if Amerlcus is
interested enough in clean markets
and clean milk 1t can find the com
paratively small amount of money
necessary to insure it."
DR.. Walsh brought to the Times
Recorder office a small piece of
beef. 1t was thickly covered with
lily blows. Fireman Davidson stood !
by to verify what he said.
Il picked that up a few minutes !
ago." he said. 81 walked into one
of tho markets where they were
just completing up meat to make
sausage. This was the first piece | /
picked up and | took it as a sample /
to prove what 1 have been saying.
Uncleanness Found
For the most part | found re- /
frigeratCrs dirty, floors unclean and !
sausage mills very dirty. In all !
there were excessive flies. Not all |
OF these conditions apply to all the |
markets, Tor some are trying to clean
up as | suggested . but none vel
has met the requirements, despite i
my warnings given them three week |
ago.
81 think. the worst condition con-
Germs sausage making. 1t is the prac- !
tlce of the local butchers to throw |
the sausage machine over in the re- |
frlgerator when the grinding is fin |
lshed and never wash it. Repeatedly !
| have been able to run a pencil |
into the machine and find it fulI Of !
sour meat that had been IN it for
some time. The sausage is Favored
up and sold and the people don't
KNOW Ine dlftefencc.
The slaughter houses are bad. hut
1t would not be very expensive to
have them sanitary, We don't re-
qulre steam sterilization plants. But
we do insist upon clean lconcrete
floors, clean walls and close screens
to keep out the flies. The concrete
floors IN the slaughter houses, are
broken up and might as well be of
dirt, while the walls are bloody and
unsanltary and the wholeare unscreen
ed. 1t IS impossible to have sanitary
meat under such conditions. 4
slaughter pen 18x24 feet tightly
screened and with a good concrete
floor would not be prohibitive in
cost.
Threw Out Beef.
ms morning | threw two quar-
tefS OF beef out of one meat shoD ,
because it was too filthy to be sold
as meat. Today | am going to try
10 interest the club women in GET
ting oehmd this situation, for ! feel
that when the people know what the
conditions are they will see that they
are cleaned up.
When ! was here three weeks
ago and took up with Mayor Shep- !
pard the need for proper sanitary
Inspection | left with HIM a copy of
model ordinance and also copy Of
OF our regulations, prepared ana pat
out by direction of DR.. Peter F. /
Bahnsen, state veterinarian, whose
home is here in Americus, and under
whom | work. This is intended to
serve as guide. The mayor treat
ed me very courteously and appear
ed to be a very nice man, but gave
me no encouragement
DR.. Walsh declared that before he
eft Americus on this trip he intend
ed to make round of the meat mar
kets this evening and close every one
which had not complied with ihs in
structiOns