Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-21

Tuberculosis IL becoming epidemic.
The Beef Trust products afflicted with
tuberculosis can be sold without let or
hindrance, when past inspection"
The school management committee Of
Me Board Of Education took active
steps to prevent children afflicted with
tuberculosis from attending school. A
report drafted by Superintendent
Cooley and DIR. Il. u. Dudley was adopt.
ed, which provides that when teacher
suspects that any child Is affected with
the disease 1t shall be made known
to the superintendent Of schools by the
principal. After the parents Of the
child are notified the pupil will he cx-
amincd by medical inspectors of the
child study department. Parents will
he given permission to have their fam.
lily physician present at the examina-
| ton.
The poor children who got the tuber.
culosls from meat must suffer.
We can see from the Health Depart
mcnt reports that State and govern
ment inspection does not prevent tubcr-
culoss beef from getting into the cool
ers from which the public Is served.
The statement that there are 1900
consumptivcs In Chicago was made nt
the annual meeting Of the Visiting
Nurse Association by Mr.. Arthur Adds,
chairman of the tuberculosis commit.
tee. DIR. Sachs spoke. urging drastic
action BY the Board Ot Health to stamp
out the disease.
tuberculosis IL n Beef disease.
1t II not hereditary.
1t Is not contracted from impure air.
1t In contracted by eating bad meat
sold by sordid and conscienceless men
who think more Of dollars than they
do Of human lives.
II any Of your relatives have tuber
cuiosis you know who to blame.
The homes saddened by the deaths
Of husbands, wives, fathers. mothers
brothers. sisters. sOns and daughters.
The people poverty stricken by con.
sumption,
Know who II guilty!
There II a dny Of reckoning for these
barons OF blood and tyrants Of the
Trust!
The Chicago Engle will keep upon
their track until Europe rs we'll AZ
America will be too hot to hold them
The Beef Trust may control govern
ment inspection.
But the Insignificant number Of city
Of Chicago inspectors--only II In all
although now strangely discontinued
was still sufficient to call attention to
horrible facts.
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin Of Octo
ber %, 1905, speaks for Itself:
The city inspectors ut the UniOr
Stock Yards condemned "FIVE CAT
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
OF TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OUT
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED by
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS
'They also condemned and destroyed
3,O93 pounds Of cut meats shipped from
st. Louis and Kansas City, having
passed government inspection at those
places"
This shows the sort OF government
inspection we have.
II few Of the governmental omis
sions are rectitied how many thOus
ands are notY
How many homes In Europe ant
America are at this moment harbOrinI
cuts Of meat from tuberculosis cattle
The above report Of the Health Com
missioner speaks of meat hanging IL
the coolers of trust houses, with tuber
cular tumors trimmed out" ready t
be cut into steaks.
Speaking OF the 3,935, 900 pounds Of
food condemned In 1905 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, Dr. G
]. Whalen, Health Commissioner, say,
In his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF TIL
MEATS WE'RE CONDEMNED on
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS
Commenting upon this condition
CONTINUES Commissioner Whelan)
American Medicine December %
says: 'One stands aghast at the crlmi
nal cupidity which will induce men t.
attempt to sell such dangerous foods Il
an unsuspecting community. 1t Is now
In order to go step farther and fint
out who Is responsible for this mora
Obliqulty.
"'It IL well known that cOmbina
tions Of the larger meat dealers hav,
existed In the past to the end of rails
ing the price of food stuffs beyond tn,
point to which healthy competition
would reduce them. The Outcry ha,
always been In protest against the In
creased cost Of living, but here for TIN
first time are the combinations whicl
control the food supply, brought into ,
direct relation to public health.
"It Is high time that this matter
be taken out OF the class OF minor of
fenses AND THE DEALERS THEM
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN TIL
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Ever
y war, when all kinds OF brutality or,
'sanctioned, II 10 the height OF die