Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-27
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
buiy knows, does not provide for the
ina,ectlon 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 tust issued q strong circular con.
tanning recommended lions to municipali.
ties concerning the supervision and In.
spsction Of slaughter houses, packing
houses, etc.
The following extracts show how
hard the circular hits the city govern
meut Of Chicago:
,..rhe Illinois state Board Of Health,
by speclal resolution. adopted at regti'
lar meeting. held In Chicago June 2Oth
and 2ist, 1900, urgently recommends
20 the mayors and councils Of all cities
an. the presidents and boards Of trus.
tee, Of all villages. and to oil other
health officials In all parts Of the state
the enactment and enforcement Of ortli.
nances providing for the supervision
ami the regular and systematic inspcc.
ton Of all slaughter houses. packing
horses, storage houses, markets, Gel.
lnrs and all other establishments used
for the preparation. manufacture. stor'
noe or sale Of food intended for hu.
man consumption.
..rhe health Of the people Is largely
dependent upon the purity, quality ana
cleanliness Of their food ana these
may be controlled and guaranteed to
the people only through the conscien'
tIo,,s 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 OH
acials whom they have entrusted with
tho enforcement Of the law. Will give
them every possible protection provided
Oy the law. and the statutes Of the
state Of Illinois are 40 liberal In thelr
construction ~ to give to the munich
naiity full power to control all OF those
things which may In any way effect the
health Of the people.
"Unsier the provisions Of an act ia
provide Tor the incorporation Of cities
and villages. approved April I'D. 1877
Revised Statutes, Chapter "a, Section
O2), tho councils In cities and the presi
dent and the board Of trustees In VII
laga are empowered to regulate the
saie Of meat, poultry, fish, butter
cheese. lard, vegetables and oil Other
provisions; to resulate the sale OF
dread and to prescribe Its quality; tt
provide for the Inspection Of all articles
Of food; to declare what shall con
stttute nuisance and to abate samt
and to fine all who permit nuisance'
to exist; to appoint a board OF health
and prescribe its powers and duties
no DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALI
REGULATIONS TO PROMOTE
HEALTH OR no PREVENT DIS
EASE; to direct location and regulate
the management and construction 81
hacking houses either within tho limits
Of the corporation or within one mlt
from it, boundaries; to compel TIKI
owner OF any grocery or any unwhole
some or nause0us place to cleanse and
abate or remove same and to regulatl
it, location. Under the provisions d
the same law. municipalities are EN-
powered 10 impose fnes, not exceeding
5000 for each oflense. or imprisonment
not exceeding elk months, for the viola
.tion Of any Of its ordinances"
aside from the specific provisions q
the law, quoted above. the one pro
vision, empowering the muncipaht!
no DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALI
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE
gives ample authority for the local ON
clals to undertake the supervision an'
systematic inspection Of those place
In which food for human consumption
Il either prepared. manufactured
stored or offered for sale. However
the speGac provisions Of the statute
remove all doubt as to the limits +
WHICH the municipality may 60 In th
protection of the health Of the people.
"Anlmai food ia particularly susceq
tible to bacterial action and to decOnl
position which Ii fastened by killin
and handling In filthy slaughter house
or by improper refrigeration and stol
age"
"MEAT FROM DISEASED AMI
MAILS, 100 FREQUENTLY SIAAUGH
THRED FOR HUMAN FOOD. MAJ
I'VE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDESPREAD
DISEASE AMONG THOSE WIZ
CONSUME IT,"
'-rhe oft repeated statement tina
cooking will remove the poisonous pro-
critics Of spoiled meat is not to be II
lied upOn."
''In view OF these Facts, 1t Il the dut
O, the health officials of all municipal
ties to establish such supervision an
Inspection ~ will render impossible tn
maintenance of unsanitary slaughte
houses and packing houses. the KILN
of diseased animals or the SAFE q