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Show I ! MATTRESS FACTORY IS I DECLARED TO BE I SANITARY !ng! ' In recognition of a protest made itfit- I y J- L SmItu of Ogden, proprietor of ia the Smith Mattress Factory, that his see" factory had been discriminated tbf s a&ainst by the state board of health tll'e; 1 in the publication, some weeks ago, i.sv j of a condemnatory report concerning SJ. ; its sanitary condition, T. B. Beatty, SL ) secretary of the state board, has hat-i made Publlc the following letter: raV Jan. 5, 1916. eagl "Utah State Board of Health, Salt Ml Lake City. tM l "City Bonrd of Health, Dear Sirs: ;f f i In justice to the Ogden Mattress fac- J-1 j lory, concerning ,the operations of SS 1 which a report of the Inspector of the SJ ' State Board of Health was recently, y published by the Ogden City Board of 1 . Health. I deem it only Tair to state 1 ' that the methods employed in the ' manufacturing of mattresses therein j described are Identically the same and L i equally as sanitary as those in use, I not only in all other mattress factor- , ies in the state but throughout the , "United States. Improvement In the 1 i process whereby existing sanitary de- I t fects may be remedied will be re- I ' quired by the State Board of Health I-. and will apply equally to all manufac- 1 ! turers of mattresses. Very truly, m foi i m -o timUv cjonrofnrv." I - A copy of the letter was presented I to Mr. Smith this morning by City 1 Sanitary Inspector George Shorten, t i and in speaking of it the factory owner own-er said: ' "Knowing conditions, will regard to ' t health and sanitation at my factory 5 to be equal or superior to those of j, any factory in this part of the coun- -' ' try, I felt that I had been unjustly " j singled out in the report on sanitary conditions in Ogden, given out for ) publication by the health authorities I following the close of the 1915 "Clean f City" contest I have therefore fol- i ' lowed up the matter and this letter Is- i . sued by the state board as the result. ' ! "My factory has always been oper- 1 ated under the best possible condl- 2 I UonB, and It the health authorities , 1 can suggest any means whereby they -. , ! can be Improved, I will be pleased to i ; carry out the suggestions. It Is a "V , well-known tact that dust cannot be fill eliminated in the manufacture of mat- llllr ' Besses. In order that the employes u r l f the factory may have the best pro- j ! tectlon possible, they axe furnished & th respirators at my expense and i J , have also installed the latest types or n ' Vacuum fans to carry the dust out or 'fig tho factory." |
