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Show M Making It Safe for Us to Eat M the Sallway Dimimgf Cars I n Public Health Service J has been lave8t5sating the JJb dining car service of tho ' jfjrIIroads in the United States. ' xSftf? discoverlos they made aro j'IQt conducive kto Increased appc-jtiflKltes. appc-jtiflKltes. but the results are likely m$ made It moderately safe In VsKs future to dine en route. VK The flrBt thing that they rec-jfijJIjmmend rec-jfijJIjmmend Is a frequent and perl-ilodlc perl-ilodlc examination of all the cm-'Pwjifloyes cm-'Pwjifloyes concerned in the hand-rtjMtllog hand-rtjMtllog and serving of food In the kr'lner8, AddJtlonal P,nt t0 tui3 ijwecommendatlon has been fur-jJtjffBtshed fur-jJtjffBtshed by a recont case In which , Jjjfti0 chefs on dining cars were tKllken from tlintr rrw-iUtr rnnrrnn t The head caob enjoj-e tbe vpc clnl nnd rzclual-re privilege ot nlorlnp: bio clothes Id tbc refrlBcTBtor. n fho nmnll. railway trnlnn beWppi hospital In Washington. The two had come jt;jiJn contact with a negro deckhand suffering from tamallpox The caseB were discovered, for jiunately. within a feiw hours, but as It was i(J(B.i8hteen members of the dining car crows had to be vaccinated and quarantined ti'M Acting on the Health Servlco's advice the ;jWp,eale8t of all Eastern railway systems has 'Hiiprdered the periodical examination of all per-j'EyoPB per-j'EyoPB employed in its travelling restaurant ser-if2BT ser-if2BT Every C00. kitchen helper and waiter ipl required to undergo medical inspection at 0,Wllar intervals of three months. Nobody wfF haB anytb,n8 to do .with the preparation ' ''iR? 8ervlnB of food on dining cars can escape ef-';W application of thls.orule. which la Intended ie'i? 5ar from tao,e and kitchen every diseased ,K.Bv"ery 8uch employe mu3t havo a certificate ,mF gound health, to be renewed every three Unless tne medical report in his case ilffljW1 him 100 per cent ho loses his job. Suf-,;Kg?rers Suf-,;Kg?rers frora tuberculosis, eye and skin diseases IEfy Jl6r 0mmunlcable malady are nm in emPlove by this railway system. even In places where the linen and tableware for dlnlnc cars are kepL The distribution of disease has an Important relation to transportation When the latter lat-ter 1b slow epidemics are not rapidly spread TblB fact is strikingly illustrated illus-trated by grippe, the great periodic peri-odic epidemics of which lnva rlably start In the Far East. For a long time the progress of such an epldemio of grippe ia slow corresponding to the speed of caravans, -which represents the quickest mode of "transport In that part of tho world WTien it reaches Europe, however H suddenly adopts tho speed oJ as steamships can bring it. Is rapidly distributed distrib-uted over the United States Indeed, by reason of our admirable transportation fa'cllltles, an epidemic In any part of this country qulokly becomes a menace to every othor part A cook or a waiter on a dining car who happens hap-pens to be a typhoid "carrier" Is in a position to spread an epidemic of that malady far and wide. Doubtless this very thins has reoeatedJv 1 A . . uupjjoutju dui oven under ordinary circumstances cir-cumstances the plate 'of soup whloh, with the swaying of the train. Immerses the waiter's thumb 1b not very safe to drink. Fingers not over-care-fully washed handle the rolls, the platos and the cutlery These are only some of tho many ways In w.UIch diseases, such as tuberculosis, mo ales and scarlet fever, may be transferred. Hence, as urged by the Public Health Service, the vital importance of making oure that dining din-ing car employes are healthy persons. What, asked the service Investigators pursuing pur-suing the Investigation, becomes of the dining car cooka and waiters at night? The answer was that their beds are made up in the dining car. and they sleep on board To -say the least, it Is an unsuitable arrangement, not agreeable from an aesthetic standpoint, and Interferes Id some degree with keeping the car clean What do the employes do with their street clothes during working hours? They have trouble to find any place in which to put them, available space being lacking, but the head cook enjoys the special and exclusive privilege privi-lege of storing his clothing In the refrigerator In case that receptacle Is not fully occupied by Ice and perishable food products. The Kansas 8tate Board of Health, as the result of recent Independent State Investigation Investiga-tion of this subject, says" "One of the most difficult problems confronting an army on the march le thai of providing it with proper food and clean, pure water Every great railway system In this country has such a problem on its bands every dap in the year " To supply continuously an army of tens of thousands of travellers with properly prepared food and unctratamlnaied water Is a matter of no email difficulty especially when It 1b considered con-sidered that on many roads there are great distances to be traversed through deserts, where no fresh supplies can be obtained. And It le further to be realised that the food products prod-ucts on board of a dining car must necessarily be stored in compartments within a few feet of a foot range. It is of obviouQ Importance that the arrangement arrange-ment for storing food supplies on buffet cars or ordinary dining cars should be as sanitary aB possible. All compartments, says the Public Pub-lic Health Service, should be of material that can be readily sterilized by live steam. The removable shelves should be of enamelled ware or other material that Is non-absorbent of greaso and moisture There should be a careful care-ful dally Inspection of the entire car In Sum-bier Sum-bier all windows and doors should bo screened, and before meals aro served care should be takon tto get rid of all dies that may have found their way Inside, The dining car service is not profitable to tjie railroads In fact, thoy declare It Is conducted con-ducted at a very considerable loss. But It Is a necessary eorvice. and the travelling publio is entitled to Ihe best protection against din-easo din-easo that can be given The .matter of water and tee supply for trains "Wkst becomes of the dining ear eoolss sad waiters at BUh?r Tneir eea srr ease ep u the (HnlnsAcor, aid !ccp as bcrri" is one or ouvioub importance. im-portance. Travellers aro sufficiently familiar famil-iar with the method usually adopted- in handling the tee. which la cut up on the station platform and temporarily stored In buckets, Ono may hardly hopo that it will finally reach the cooler without picking up from hands, the surrounding air and &s ever-present dog, much that la not good to drink. The Job of chopping up the Ice and putting it aboard is relegated to thel cheapest and most ignorant laborer, whose unwashed hands are more than fl likely to be covered with a mixture of grease and coal dust Similar methods are adopted In ailing th coolers with water. Generally speaking, on the railroads It is con sldered an adequate sanitary precaution if ihe coolers or drinking tanks are washed once in 'M a while with cold water, a dirty whisk broom toeing used to get rid of the debris on the hot torn. Incidental to such "cleanings" the tank or cooler is cleared of various extraneous things. 6uch as nipples of nursing bottles and -M labels off beer bottles which have -been casu- ally put Into the receptacle to cool. 'M The Public Health Service has now served notice on all Interstate railway and steamship carriers that' the drinking water they furnish: must be certified as free of "anything liable to cause disease in man." Samples of water ore- 'M to be examined at least once in sis months by; 'H State or municipal health authorities. Like wise artificial ice; and each new crop of cat ural tee must be similarly certified. In response to these requirements one rail: way system has ordered that all drinking water receptacles on Its trains shall -be sterilized by 'H live steam at least once a week; and It to 'M spending $46,000 to put in tanks In which thp tM water and Ice shall not be In contaot Another ,H railroad Is spending $15,000 for tanks that can' . jl be filled from the roof of the car onlythus rendering them unavailable as receptacles for cigar stumps and other refuse? :H But the article In common use in dining cars 'H that demands most attention Is the Snger-bcrwJ. It Is never washed. Indeed, In most rest&u- H rants, whether stationary or on wheels, It is en accepted theory that finger-bowls do not requlro '.H washing. Thoy wash themselves. If emptiad, jH and refilled, with a fresh slice of lemon sup- jH plied, ell requirements are supposed to bd jH isssssssl 'sssssssl |