The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-07-19
THE NEED OLE INSPECTION.

The city council of every town not
provided with dairy and meat inspect
or service could find food for thought
and foundation for action In the
knowledge that much tuberculosis In
people comes from cows, through milk
and meat. While towns unprotected
by this class of inspection so on run
ming risks, there Is sweeping over the
country general appreciation of the
danger involved The following news
article from the Sioux City Tribune
ought to be of interest to towns not
equipped with inspection:
As n result of experiments made by
State Veterinarian Koto and his as
sstants in Des Moines. when they
found both cows at local slaughter
houses and milch cows at diaries, in
fected with tuberculosis, the inspec.
ton in Sioux City will be more rigid
than ever and large number of dairy
cows may be condemned.
Mayor Sears said today he believed
the work OF DR.. G.. =. Slater, city
meat inspector, was done thoroughly,
but the city will be more rigid since
the experiments of the state veterin-
arlan. Dairy Inspector Hoffman, who
works under the state dairy commits
sion, will also keep closer tab on the
dairy COWS.
Mayor Sears said the milk inspector
willingly looked after the health of
milch cows, thus saving the city the
expense of employing an inspector for
the purpose, and whenever there Is
complaint about COWS appearing dis.
eased or dirty, the milk inspector will
make 1t his duty to investigate.
OF the twelve head of cattle butch
cred under the eyes of the state vet
erinarian, nine were found to be af-
fected with disease.
In an extended discussion of the
sanitary production of foods, especial
| ~ meats, Secretary Thomas, of the
state board of health, urges municipal
| tiles to take steps to see that the local
supply of meats is free from contain
nation. Secretary Thomas urges that
the work be extended to the local
supplies everywhere.
He says:
1.-THE various municipalities should
provide for local system Of food In
spection and the licensing of diaries
and slaughter houses. Stringent reg,
ulations should be adopted requiring
that all COWS used for dairy purposes
shall be submitted to the tuberculin
test, and that the meat of slaughtered
animals be inspected under a system
similar to that adopted by the federal
government when possible. A com
petent veterinarian should be appoint
ed as inspector. Private slaughter
houses should be abolished and in
lieu thereof, each municipality erect
and maintain a sanitary building prop
erly equipped with modern convent
ences so arranged that each loca'
butcher can be accommodated with g
separate slaughter room at nominal
rental. The regulations should pre-
scribe that all animals, the meat Of
which is to be used for human food
shall be slaughtered and inspected II
the local abattoir, or in similar estab
lishments under federal inspection.
Regulations defining the sanitary
arrangement and inspection of dairie:
should likewise be adopted and prop
erly enforced The local board O
health should also require that al
persons engaged in the handling, man
ufacture or preparation of meat anC
dairy commodities should produce {
satisfactory proof that they are FREE
from tuberculosis, syphilis and otheI
communicable diseases"