Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-06
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.

The new government law. as every
issiy knows. does not provide for the
,nspcction of meat consumed In Chicago
and Illinois.
The strange apathy Of the Chicago
authorities in the matter of Beef Trust
violations of the law, Is arousing the
attention of the entire country.
The flooding of Chicago and the
state Of Illinois with lumiy Jaw. tub
CIRCULAR and cancerOus beef Is causing
widespread Indignation.
The Illinois state Board Of Health
has Just issued a strong circular con-
tanning recommendation to nlunicipali.
ties concerning the supervision and In.
s1sctlon 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 rcgu.
lar meeting, held In Chicago June 10th
and 2lst, 1905, urgently recommends
to the mayors and councils Of all cities
anu the presidents and boards Of trus.
tesx VI all villages, and to all other
health officials In all parts Of the State.
the enactment and enforcement Of Ordi.
nances providing for the supervision
and the regular and systematic inspec.
ton Of all slaughter houses. packing
houses, storage houses, markets, Gel.
lars and all other establishments used
for the preparation, manufacture. stor.
age or sale Of food intended for hu.
man consumption.
',rhe health Of the people Is largely
dependent urOn the purity, quality and
cleanliness Of their food and these
mny be controlled and guaranteed to
the people only through the conscien.
tious efforts Of health officials acting
under the powers conferred upon them
by the statutes.
'.The people Of each municipality
have the right to expect that the off,
clals whom they have entrusted with
the enforcement Of the law. will give
them every possible protection provided
by the law, and the statutes Of the
State Of Illinois are so liberal In their
construction rs to give to the munich
pality full power to control all Of those
things which may In any way effect the
dlealth Of the people.
Under the provisions Of an act t9
provide for the incorporation Of cities
ana villages. approved April 10. 1877?
(Revised Statutes, Chapter "a. Section
Go). the councils In cities and the presl
dent and the board OF trustees In vii
lugcs are empowered to regulate the
sale OF meat, poultry, fish, butter
cheese, lard, vegetables and all Other
provisions; to regulate the sale OF
bread and to prescribe Its quality; Il
provide for the inspection Of all articles
of food; to declare what shall con
stltute nuisance and to abate samt
and to fine all who permit nulsance'
TO exist; to appoint a board Of healtl
ana prescribe Its powers and duties
no DO ALL ACrS AND MAKE ALI
REGULATIONS TO PROMOTE
HEALTH OR no PREVENT DIS
Ease; to direct location and regulate
the management and construction o.
packing houses either within the limit
Of the corporation or within one nhl'
from Its boundaries; to compel TIN
owner OF any grocery or any unwl,Ole
some or nauseOus place to cleanse am
abate or remove same and to regulate
lts location. Under the provisions O
the same law. municipalities are ON
powered to impose fines, not exceedln,
500 for each Offense. or imprisonment
not exceeding six months, for the viola
ton Of any of its ordinances"
aside from the specific provisions O
the law, quoted above, the one pro
vision. empowering the munlclpalit!
no DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALI
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE
gives ample authority for the local OH
cials to undertake the supervision AM
systematic inspection Of those place
IN which food for human consumption
Is either prepared, manufactured
stored or offered for sale. However
the specific provisions OF the statute
remove all doubt as to the limits I
which the municipality may 60 In tn
protection of the health OF the people.
y
"Anlmal food Is particularly susceg
tible to bacterial action AMI to decOnl
position which Is FASTENED by klllin
and handling In filthy slaughter house
or by improper refrigeration and stor
age"
"ME!HT FROM DISEASED AM
MAILS. TOO FREQUENTLY sIAAUGIl
THRED FOR HUMAN FOOD, MA
BE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDESPREAD
DISEASE AMONG THOSE VIII
CONSUME IT,"
'.The Oft repeated statement tha
cooking will remove the poisonous pro-
critics Of spoiled meat Is not to be n
lied up0n."
"In view of these facts, 1t Is the dut
O, the health officials of all municipal
ties to establish such supervision an
inspection AZ will render impossible tn
maintenance of unsanitary slaughte
houses and packing houses, the KILN
Of diseased animals or the sale