Show dishwashing AND FAMILY HEALTH by katharine fisher director rector good housekeeping institute dishwashing can be just a monotonous no routine job the dull epilogue of every meal or it can be one that we associate with colorful china and sparkling glass and silver a thrice daily tribute tc cleanliness after all it is p pretty etta much that way with any work we do we can usually find joy in it il and a challenge that stirs our oui enthusiasm there is this challenging side tc dishwashing properly done it maintains high standards of cleanliness seen and unseen fists challenge ordinary methods of hand dishwashing and justly so we might as well face the facts and instead of getting panicky about them play safe by making our dishwashing more adequate for dishes especially forks and spoons and the rims of cups and glasses have been found to be one avenue for the transmission of certain communicable disease including common colds bacteria logiste advise us that in hand dishwashing we should use good live suds as hot as the hands can comfortably stand around F and that the suds should be changed frequently the glasses ups cups and silver should be washed b by y themselves in hot soapsuds the sink or dishpan then emptied of suds and blushed flushed out with scalding water and filled with fresh suds for the next lot of dishes we homemakers are critical and rightly so of the dishes on which our food is served in public dining rooms we scrutinize forks and spoons and we look with dl disapproval s at chipped china not only because of its appearance but because the chips uncover a hiding place for bacteria we should rift not I 1 be indifferent to the standards of cleanliness in public kitchens nor should we pass the dishwashing in in our school lunchrooms this is fine public housekeeping and part of the public health program should we not be even more critical of the dishwashing in our own kitchens particularly if we leave this work to an assistant why not initiate and maintain high sta standards edards of cleanliness at the sink as well as in the laundry and all over the house at the sink as elsewhere it is the unseen dirt which may prove the real menace to the health and well bein being of the household in getting rid of this a good procedure is to use ue soap and water freely the bacteriologist stresses the importance of rinsing the dishes as they leave the suds using water as it comes from the tap around F some of the modern sinks are equipped with a hand spray for rinsing most easily done with the dishes in a dish drainer standing on the and most sanitary for if very hot water is used the dishes dry quickly without being wiped and just think of all the time you save usually only the glasses and silver need a light rub we find the two compartment sink a convenience lenience yeni veni ence the drainer may be set in in the second compartment or the dishes may be rinsed in the compartment part ment without the drainer with the sink established as an J important health center the bacteriologist I 1 teri often points an accusing I 1 finger at the dishcloth the I 1 careful home manager frowns on oil the practice of rolling the dishcloth into a damp ball bali and tucking it under the dishpan after the dishes are washed and praise be the dishrag is vanishing in its place is the hemmed dishcloth a partner of the dish towel of course we all agree that both cloth and towels should be washed in hot soapsuds rinsed and hung to dry if in the sun so much the better the use of a bottled bleach keeps cloth and towels a good color an approved friction cleanser will ill help to keep the sink shining in our five kitchens at good housekeeping 0 institute we always keep a second d cloth hanging at the sink for wiping up the sink and other surfaces so the dishcloth is used only for the dishes we have also used a cellulose sponge in place of a dishcloth and we like it |