Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-17
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.

inspection of meat consumed In Chicago
and Illinois.
The strange apathy Of the Chicago
authorities I'm 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 a strong circular con.
talning recommendation to muncipali.
ties concerning the supervision and In.
VsctiOn Of slaughter houses, packing
houses, etc.
The following extracts show how
hard the 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
anu the presidents and boards Of trus.
tees Of 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
Cor the preparation. manufacture. stor'
AGE or sale Of food intended for hu.
man consumption.
'.rhc health Of tl.c 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 che conscien.
tious efforts Of health officials acting
under the powers conferred upon them
BY the statutes.
..Thc people Of each municipality
have the right to expect that the OIL
cials whom they have entrusted with
the enforcement OF the law. will give
them every possible protection provided
Oy the law, and the statutes Of the
state Of Illinois are 10 liberal In their
construction a. to give to the munich
pailty full power to control all OF those
things which may In any way eject the
health Of the people.
"Undcr the provisions Of an net to
provide for the incorporation OF cities
and villages, approved April ~, ls'.'
(leyised Statutes, Chapter -. Section
02), the councils In cities and the prcsl.
dent and the board Of trustees In VII
lagos are empowered to regulate the
sale Of meat. poultry, fish, butter
cheese, lard, vegetables and all other
provislons; to regulate the sale OF
bread and to prescribe Its quality; to
provide for the inspection Of all articles
Of food; to declare what shall con-
stttute a nuisance and to ahate same
and to fine all who permit nuisances
20 exist; to appoint board OF health
and prescribe Its powers and duties
TO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALI.
REGULATIONS TO PROMOTE
HEALTH OR no PREVENT DIE
EA6E: to direct location and regulate
The management and construction ID
hacking houses either within the limits
Of the corporation or within one nAle
from it, boundaries; to compel the
owner Of any grocery or any unwhole
some or nauseOus place to cleanse and
atate or remove same and to regulate
In location. Under the provisions Of
the same law, municipalities are EN-
powered TO Impose nnes, not exceeding
$500 TOR each offense, or imprisonment
not exceeding six months, for the viola
tion Of any of its ordinances"
aside from the specific provisions a
the law, quoted above, the one pro
vision, empowering tho municipaht!
ITO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALI
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HHAITH AND PREVENT DISEASE
rives ample authority for the local ON
Gals to undertake the supervision AM
systematic inspection Of those place
In which food for human consumption
Il either prepared, manufactures
stored or offered for sale. However
the specific provisions OF the statute
remove all doubt AZ to the limits I
which the municipality may 60 In til
protection Of the health of the people.
"Animal food is particularly susceq
tible to bacterial action and to decom
position which Ia fastened by KILN
and handling In filthy slaughter house
or by improper refrigeration and sto'
age"
"MENT FROM DISEASED AN
MAILS. TOO FREQUENTLY sLAUGl
TERND FOR HUMAN FOOD, MA
DE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDESPREA.
DIsEASE AMONG THOSE VII
CONSUME IT,"
A 1.-THE oft repeated statement th'
cooking will remove the poisonous pro
critics Of spoiled meat ia not to be \
lied upOn."
I'm view Of these facts, It Ia the du'
O: the health officials Of all municipal
ties to establish such supervision ar
inspection a. will render impossible Il
naantenance Of unsanitary slaught
| Asasss and packing oouss. The KILL
6 diseased animals q ths sais