Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-10
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, rs 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, Is arousing the
attention Of the entire country.
The flooding Of Chicago and the
state OF Illinois with lumry Jaw. tub.
CIRCULAR and cancerous beef Is causing
widespread indignation.
The Illinois State Board Of Health
has Just issued strong circular con.
tanning Recommendation to municlpali.
ties concerning the supervision and In.
a,cctiOn Of slaughter houses. packing
houses, etc.
THE following extracts show how
hard che circular hits the city govern.
ment Of Chicago:
..rhe Illinois state Board Of Health.
by special resolution, adopted at resu.
lar meeting. held In Chicago June 10th
and 21st, 1905. urgently recommends
TO the mayors and councils Of all cities
nm. the presidents and boards Of trus.
tees VI all villages, and to all other
health officials In all parts Of the state,
the enactment and enforcement Of Ordi.
nanccs providing for the supervision
and the regular and systematic inspcc.
ton Of all slaughter houses. packing
houses, storage houses. markets, eel.
lars aud all other establishments used
for the preparation, manufacture. stor'
agc or sale Of food intended for hu.
man consumption.
..rhc health Of the people Is largely
dependent upon the purity. quality ana
cleanliness OF their food and these
may be controlled and guaranteed to
the people only through the conscien.
tLous efforts Of health officials acting
under the powers conferred upon them
by the statutes.
.sThe people Of each municipality
have the right to expect that the DILL
Gals whom they have entrusted with
the enforcement Of the law. will give
tl,un every possible protection provided
~ the law, and the statutes OF the
state Of Illinois are 30 liberal In their
construction ~ to give to the munici.
pallty full power to control all Of those
things which may In any way ehect the
health Of the people.
"Unlcr the provisions Of an act to
rrovkie Tor the incorporation OF cities
and villages. approved April 10. 1877
(Ievlsed Statutes. Chapter "a. Section
~, the councils In cities and the presl.
dent and the board Of trustees In VII
lages 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 prescrlbe its quality; "a
provide for the inspection Of all articles
Of food; to declare what shall con
stitute 4 nuisance and to abate same
and to fne all who permit nuisances
to exist; to appoint board OF health
and prescribe its powers and duties
no DO ALI. ACTS AND MAKE ALL
REGULATIONS TO PROMOTE
HRAIITH OR 10 PREVENT DIS
BASE; to direct location and regulate
The management and construction d
hacking houses either within the limit
Of the corporation or within ono male
from III boundaries; to compel TIKI
owner Of any grocery or any unwholc
some or nauseous place to cleanse ami
abste or remove same and to regulate
In locstion. Under the provisions d
the same law, municipalities are EN-
powered 10 impose hnes, not exceeding
5000 for each offense, or Imprisonment
not exceeding six months, for the viola
ton Of any Of ita ordinances"
aside from the specific provisions O
the law, quoted above. the one pro
vlslon, empowering the municipaht,
.rO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALI
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HNAIlTH AND PREVENT DISEASE
gives ample authority for the local Oft
clals to undertake the supervision an
systematic inspection Of those place
In which food for human consumptlo
Il either prepared, manufactures
stored or offered for sale. However
the specific provisions of the statute
remove all doubt as to the limits
which the municipality may 60 In til
protection of the health of the people
animal food is particularly susceI
tible to bacterial action and to decon
posltion which Is hastened by KILN
and handling In filthy slaughter house
or by Improper refrigeration ana sto
age"
"MEAT FROM DISEASED AN
MAILS, 100 FREQUENTLY sI.AUGi
TNDED FOR HUMAN FOOD, MA
BE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDEsPREA
DISEASE AMONG THOSE VII
CONSUME IT."
'.The oft repeated statement TIN
cooking will remove the poisonous pro
critics Of spoiled meat 10 not to be =
lied u4,on."
ain view of these facts. 1t Is the du
O; the health officials of all municipal
ties TO establish such supervision al
tnspection - will render tmposaible q
maintenance of unsanitary slaught
Aessss and packing oouss, The killil
g dissassd animals ~ the sa's