Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-29
The illinois State Board Of Health
Hits Both Of Them Hard in
Circular.
Duty of the City Administration with
Regard to Meat Inspection Is
Very Plain.

Rhe new government law, ~ every.
body Knows, does not provide for the
inspection Of meat consumed In Chicago
and Illinois.
The strange apathy Of the Chicago
authorities in the matter Of Beef Trust
violations Of the law, IL arousing the
attention Of the entire country.
The flooding Of Chicago and tho
State Of Illinois with lunry jaw, tub
CIRCULAR and cancerous beef u causing
widespread Indignation.
The Illinois State Board Of Health
has Just issued a strong circular con-
talning recommendation to inunicipali-
ties concerning the supervision and In.
spection Of slaughter houses, packing
houses, etc.
The following extracts show how
hard the circular hits the city govern.
ment Of Chicago:
'.The Illinois State Board Of Health.
by special resolution, adopted at reeu.
lar meeting, held in Chicago June 10th
and 2ist, 1906 urgently recommends
to the mayors and councils Of all cities
anu the presidents and boards Of trus-
tees q all villages. and to all other
health officials In all parts Of the State.
the enactment and enforcement OF ordl.
nances providing for the supervision
and the regular and systematic inspec-
ton of all slaughter houses, packing
houses. storage houses, markets, eel.
lars and all other establishments used
for the preparation, manufacture. stor.
age or sale Of food intended for hu.
man consumption.
'-The health Of tl,e people Is largely
dependent upon the purity, quality and
cleanliness Of their food and these
may DC controlled and guaranteed to
the people only through the conscien.
tLous efforts Of health ofiiclals acting
under the powers conferred upon them
by the statutes.
'.rhc people Of each municipality
have tie right to expect that the OIL
cials whom they nave entrusted with
the enforcement Of the law. will give
them every possible protection provided
By the law. and the statutes Of the
etote Of Illinois are 10 liberal In their
construction as to give to the munich
pality full power to control all OF those
things which may In any way effect the
health Of the people.
"Under the provisions Of an act to
provide for the incorporation Of cities
and villages. approved April 10. 1877.
(Rcvised Statutes, Chapter "a. Section
o., che councils In cities and the presl'
dent and the board Of trustees In VII.
hga are empowered to regulate the
SALE OF meat, poultry, fish, butter,
cheese. lard, vegetables and oil other
provisions; to regulate the sale OF
bread and to prescribe Its quality; to
provide for the inspection OF all articles
Of food; 30 declare what shall con-
sv.tvte a nuisance and to abate same
and 70 fine all who permit nuIsnnccs
10 exist to appoint board Of health
aud prescribe Its powers and duties {;
10 DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALL
REGULATIONS TO PROMOTE
HEALTH OR 10 PREVENT DIS.
BASE; 10 direct location and regulate
the management and construction Of
hacking houses either within the limits
Of the corporation or within one mile
from its boundaries; to compel the
owner of any grocery or any unwliole-
some or nauseous place to cleanse and
abate or remove same and to regulate
tn location. Under the provisions OF
the same law, municipalities are EN-.
powered to Impose fines, not exceeding
5000 for each oifense. or Imprisonment,
not exceeding six months, for the viola
ton of any Of Its ordinances"
aside from the specific provisions OF
the law. quoted above. the one pro-
vision, empowering the municipality
no DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALL
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE
givss ample authority for the local off,
caak 10 undertake the supervision and
systematic inspection Of those places
IN which food Tor human consumption
n either prepared, manufactured,
stored or offered for sale. However.
the specific provisions Of the statutes
remove all doubt as to the limits to
which the municipality may 90 In the
protection Of the health Of the people"
'Animal food Is particularly suscep.
tIble to bacterial action and to decom'
position which Is fastened by killing
and handling In filthy slaughter houses
or by improper refrigeration and stor-
age"
"MEAT FROM DISEASED AM.
MAILS, TOO FREQUENTLY sLAUGH-
TDRED FOR HUMAN FOOD, MAY
FE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDESPREAD
DbsEAsE AMONG THOSE WHO
CONSUME IT."
'The oft repeated statement that
cooidng will remove the poisonous prop.
critics Of spoiled meat IA not TO be re-
lied ul,On."
"In view OF these facts, It is the duty
o. the health officials of all municlpali.
ties to establish such supervision and
inspection as will render impossible the
maAntenance of unsanitary slaughter
houses and packing houses, the killing
OF diseased animals or the sale Of
meats and other foods which, by their
original character, or changes which
have taken place In them, are unit tor