New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-29
Az rvcol-RAGIXG REPORT.

According to the report Of the Health Depart
,,ent the amount Of meat condemned last "''N
Il, proportion t. that actually on the market " 10
very small There were no seizures a. d" 80
be.f mutton. lamb or hsh. Neither ''''' Inv
inspectors discover any cattle ai''c''" VIZ"
tuberculosis or actInomycosis or the S''"''e'
made there were lsJ pounds OF veal, -l' p',.'"s
OF pork - pounds ~ poultry ana - ~,
assorted meat making total OF 40 i","'
d.s,r,vai I'm PSI Inspections II bntch'r @Aop'
nocj<ine- houses slaughter-houses ANA nm anu
poultry markets. The report also states INA, "a
49, ,,.are efaughtcrcl 55S be"ves - calves,
9oA loubs l47i sheep and 40 hoss.
on IT'S face the report is very cn''urab'"s'
considering the amount OF meat consume" ~ !"
tovn ~ the size Of Brooklyn. But Nhc '"A'p'i a
,t,,.iv email rercentage Of bad meat was duc
largely 10 the prevailing low tcnferHtui'. iHe
coming OF warm weather vii! tel! di!I.r'nt 'ale
I'm the weekly health reports ana, WIN me w.
e',flcicnt force which this city has at present II
IL feared that much meat unit ior c1hsuii' ''''
yin md It's way 70 city tables. The butcher
shops which cater T. the weaithl,r cahS'S
s.arrolv need inspection at all, for their pros
r.ritv depends upon the excellence 81 me inca /.
they sell The weak spot Of hro"k,yn -, anu
always has been. the terrn1rN N"I irhah,,s
Brownsville. 4 mixed population ihhaDl'S
that locality principally Russian jews ana
other foreigners whose Ideas OF health are
sbou, ms comprehensive as the stun they eat Tor
food. This place Or. Nolckenning SAYS gives the
dcuartment more trouble than any 0thcr ipcaNF
in the city, and part Of the diiculty Is caused by
the peculiar religious rites OF the people Meat
that would sicken the Brooklyn native Is eaten Dy
the less discriminating foreigners, who manage 10
eludc the inspectors. And for TINS reason mere
is special officer liz Brownsville VINO acts In
conjunction with the regular inspectors
DANGER IN POULTRY.
There Is another source OF danger In Brooklyn,
but not common to It alone. which by the ma
jority OF people IS not thoroughly understood
That Is the inspection OF poultry In cold storage
This may seem odd. but dealers say that tons
upon tons Of turkeys and chickens are put IN
cold storage early In the fall for the winter anu
spring trade. A change of temperature. or, III
other words alternate freezing ana partaI thaW-
ing. makes the fowl in many Instances uhilt ior
food Thousands OF pounds OF these turkeys ana
chickens have been sold to cLeap boarding
houses and hotels Should a portion Of a cooked
fowl be encountered which has bitter taste. II
is a certainty that the butcher has either been
wilfully dishonest or the boarding house keeper
or hotel has been imposed upon ana mas
placed impure food on the table.
In speaking OF the Western beer brought INTO
Brooklyn and kept In cold storage. Dr. Nolcken-
ming said that the inspectors were powerless 10
detect the presence OF tuberculosis or lumpy
law In this food and the only practicable in
spectlon is regular visits to the various butcher
shops 'In this respect" he said, our people
are practically at the mercy OF the Western In
snactors. We believe this to be thorough. but, OF
course there IL no means OF detecting tubercu-
loss by cursory examination such as we can
give It, Now, want to say this That In the
matter OF local siaughter-hOuse inspections the
United States inspectors have passed cattle
which We have condemned For instance the
Government men, in the case OF unpy jaw, pass
the carcass. except the head ana tongue. We
believe In erring upon the safe side, and contis
cate the entire animal, Notwithstanding what
ever protests may be made. In the matter OF
tuberculosis cattle we find In the slaughter
houses from one to three a week average
Our Ia II report shows that there was nOre dis
covered. But that is unusual