SOAP A FOE TO MICROBES, SAYS CLEVELAND HEALTH COMMISSIONER
In a similar way a custom common to the American public, that of hand-shaking, bears with it the same possibilities. In the use of dishes in restaurants or often in the same family, if among those who use them are infected individuals bearing within the mouth microbes capable of causing diseases, the dishes so used, and particularly knives, forks and spoons, become potential bearers of dangerous bacteria.