The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-14
TUBERCULOSIS IS
FOUND IN A BEEF
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| it to the abattOir told the inspector
| afterward that his wife had been
| drinking milk from the COW and was
at the time quite sick. The inspector
said he had little doubt but the wo-
man was suffering from tuberculosis,
contracted from the milk she drank.
The farmer from whom the bullock,
| condemned yesterday was purchased,
| has a number of cattle on his place
and Dr. Wagner said he had little
doubt but that all of them were simil-
| arly infected.
The discovery that there is tubercu-
| losis among cattle in this county is an
| important one. Many have contend
ed heretofore that conditions in the
county were such that there was no
tuberculosis among Wayne county live
stock Now that such a disease is
shown to be prevalent steps should at
once be taken to protect the public.
1t is to be regretted that under the
present system of city inspection
Richmond meat eaters are not given
adequate protection. The situation
is not alarming by any means, but
it is such that should command the
attention of the city and county health
autho. tiles and the city council
tuberculosis does exist.
That has been proven.
Milk Is Very Dangerous.
According to Inspector Wagner
those eating ''tuberc" meat may not
catch the disease, if the meat is so
thoroughly cooked that the germs are
all killed and if the person eating
the meat is in perfect health. But
the milk from ''tuberc" cows, is very
dangerous. This has been demon
strated by experiments recently con
Quoted by the government. In addi-
ton to this those coming in contact
with cattle infected with tuberculosis
may contract the disease, although
not as likely TO do so as when they eat
the food products.
The inspection at the Richmond abb
attoir is good. If DIR. Wagner con-
tinues as he has started no apprehen
sion need be felt on that score. but
in the other slaughter houses of the
city the inspection is not adequate.
The Palladium would make it clear at
the outset that il has no fault to find
with City Inspector Paddock. He
goes about his work earnestly and is
as competent Us any person, perhaps,
that has filled the position. The fault
lies in the fact that the city inspec
tor is not paid a sufficient remunera-
ton. The salary, $40 a month is not
such as TO attract skilled veteranar-
ian and none but one is competent to
hold both post norton and ante NOR
tenn examinations. The ante norton
exam is not such a difficult task but
as was demonstrated yesterday not
even an experienced butcher can as
certain whether or not an animal is
diseased. in all cases. Inspector Wag
oner yesterday thought that the in
crease of the city inspectors salary
would help to solve the problem here.
He also thought that there should be
a common Strengthening place, az in
German cities.
Inspector Wagner has nothing to
say about the butchering done in otil-
er slaughter houses outside the Rich
mond abattoir, unless the meat is be
ing shipped outside the city. Such
5 the provision of the pure food law.
To assure local consumers of meat
that all the meat products are pure. ii
will be necessary for the city to adopt
a stringent inspection as that used
by the government.