Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-03
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.

Tbe new government law. rs every |
6Uiy knows, does not provide FOR the
insDection 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. J
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 rust issued strong circular con-
thinning recommendation to municipali-
ties concerning the supervision ana In
spcction Of slaughter houses, packing
houses, etc.
The following extracts show how
hard the circular hits the city govern
ment Of Chicago:
.srhc Illinois State Board Of Health,
BY special resolution, adopted Mt resu'
inr meeting. held In Chicago June 10th
and DIST, 1905, urgently recommends
20 the mayors and councils Of oil cities
Anu the presidents and boards Of trus.
tees Of all villages, and to ~, other
health officials In all parts Of the State,
the enactment and enforcement Of ordi-
uances providing for the supervision
and the regular and systematic inspec'
ton Of all slaughter houses. packing
houses, storage houses, markets, eel
iars and all other establishments used
Cor the preparation, manufacture. stor'
aee or sale Of food intended for hu'
man consumption.
.srhe health Of the people Is largely
dependent upon the purity, quality ana
cleanliness Of their food aud these
may 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 OIL
cials 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 10 liberal In tlielr
Construction a. to give to the munici.
pality full power to control all Of those
tlJngs which may In any way encct the
health Of the people.
"Umler the provisions Of an act to
proy,de for the Incorporation Of cities
and villages, approved April ID. 1877,
(Rcyised Statutes, Chapter -. Section
O2). 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
provisions; to regulate the sale OF
dread and to prescribe Its quality; to
provide for the inspection Of all articles
Of food; to declare what shall con-
stitute a nuisance and to abate same
and to nne all who permit nuisances
20 exist; to appoint q board OF health
and prescribe its powers and duties
TO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALI.
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HEALTH OR no PREVENT DIS
EASE; to direct location and regulate
the MANAGEMENT and construction OF
packing houses either within the limits
Of the corporation or within one mile
from it boundaries; to compel the
owner Of any grocery or any unwhoie.
some or nauseous place to cleanse ana
abate or remove same and to regulate
Is location. Under the provisions OF
The same law. municipalities are EN-
powered to Impose Ones. not exceeding
5000 for each ofIense. or imprisonment
not exceeding six months, for the viola
zion o6 any Of ity ordinances"
aside from the specific provisions Of
the law. quoted above. the one pro
vision. empowering the municipality
TO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALL
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HNAITH AND PREVENT DIsNASE.
aives ample authority Tor the local ON
Gals to undertake the supervision and
systematic inspection Of those places
In which food for human consumption
Do either prepared. manufactured
stored or offered for sale. However
the spedic provisions Of the statutes
remove all doubt az to the limits Il
which the municipality may 90 In TIN
protection of the health of the people
"Animal food IL particularly suscep
tible to bacterial action and to decom
position which Il FASTENED by killing
and handling In filthy slaughter houses
or by improper refrigeration and stor
age"
"MNAT FROM DISEASED AM
MAILS, TOO FREQUENTLY SIAUGH
THRED FOR HUMAN FOOD. MAY
BE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDESPREAD
DISEASE AMONG THOSE Wtdt
CONSUME IT."
'.The oft repeated statement tina
cooking will remove the poisonous PROF
critics Of spoiled meat IL not to 10 re
iied up0n."
"In view of these facts, 1t IL the out
O, the health officials Of all municipal
ties to establish such supervision an
jnspectiOn az will render impossible On
maintenance Of unsanitary slaughte
Aouse~ and packing houses, the KILN
Of diseased animals or the sale q