Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-16
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, as 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 o; Health
issued u strong circular contain
ing recommendations to municipali-
ties concerning the supervision and In.
spectlOn of slaughter houses, packing
houses, etc.
The following extracts show how
hard the circular hits the city govern.
ment Of Chicago:
".The Illinois state Board Of Health,
By special resolution, adopted at regu.
lar meeting. held in Chicago June 10th
and 9lst, 1905, urgently recommends
70 the mayors and councils Of oil cities
auu the presidents and boards Of trus.
tss Of all villages. and to all other
health officials In oil parts OF the State,
the enactment anu enforcement Of ordi.
uances providing for the supervision
and the regular and systematic inspec.
tion OF all slaughter houses, packing
houses. storage houses. markets, Gel.
iars and all other establishments used
for the preparation, manufacture. stor.
age or sale OF food intended for hu.
man consumption.
.'rhe health Of tlle people Is largely
dependent upon the purity. quality ahd
cleanliness Of their food and these
may be controlled and guaranteed to
the people only through the consclen.
tious efforts Of health officials acting
under the powers conferred upon them
by the statutes.
..rhe pec,,e Of each municipality
have he RICH. to exOect that the otli'
c.ah 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 30 liberal in their
construction ~ 10 give to The munlci.
paiity full power to control all VI chose
ttinGp which may In any way effect the
health a the people.
"Uuisr the provisions Of an act to
provide Cor the incorporation Of cities
and VILLAGES, approved April 10. 1877,
Revised statutes. Chapter "a. Section
02). the councils In cities aud the presi'
dent and the hoard Of trustees In VII
iagss arc 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 prescribe Its quality; to
provide for the inspection Of all articles
Of food; to declare what shall con-
stttute nuisance and to abate same
and to tine all who permit nusances
TO exist; to appoint board OF health
and prescribe It's powers ana duties |;
no DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALI.
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HEALTH OR TO PREVENT DIS
EASE; to direct location and regulate
the management and construction q
hacking houses either within the limits
Of the corporation or within one nhle
from tts boundaries; to compel the
owner Of any grocery or any unwhOle.
some or nauseous place to cleanse and
abate or remove same and to regulate
its location. Under the provisions Of
the same law, municipalities are en-
powered to impose fines, not exceeding
5000 for each Offense, or Imprisonment,
not exceeding six months. for the viola
ton of any Of Its ordinances"
aside from the specific provisions Of
the law, quoted above. the one pro-
vision, empowering the municipality
ITO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALL.
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HHAIlrH AND PREVENT DISEASE
gives ample authority for the local 9th.
Gals to undertake the supervision and
systematic inspection Of those places
In which food for human consumption
IL either prepared, manufactured
stored or offered for sale. However.
the specific provisions Of the statutes
remove all doubt as to the limits to
which the municipality may 60 In the
protection of the health OF the people"
"Animal food is 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"
"MEAT FROM DISEASED AM.
MAILS, TOO FREQUENTLY SLAUGH'
TERED FOR HUMAN FOOD, MAY
RE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDESPREAD
DISEASE AMONG THOSE WHO
CONSUME IT."
y
'.The oft repeated statement that
cooking will remove the poisonous prop
critics Of spoiled meat 10 not to be re-
lied upOn."
"In view of these facts, 1t IL the duty
O; the health officials Of all municipal.
ties to establish such supervision and
inspection as will render impossible the
maintenance Of unsanitary daughter
houses and packing houses, sac killing
Of diseased animals or to sale of
meats and other foods WHIT h. by their
original character, or changes w~.ch
havo t0kon nloco An than ara unAt for