Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-23
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 tile
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 Il strong circular contain.
Ing recommendations to municipali-
ties concerning the supervision and In.
spectiOn 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 2lst, 1900, urgently recommends
70 the mayors and councils Of all cities
suA the presidents and boards Of trus.
tsss of oil Villages, and to all other
health officials In oil 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
for the preparation. manufacture. stor.
are or sale Of food intended for hu.
man consumption.
..rhe health Of the people Il largely
dependent upon the purity. quality and
cleanliness Of their food and these
may be controlled and guaranteed to
the people only through the conscicn.
tIous efforts Of health officials acting
under the powers conferred upon them
BY the statutes.
'.rhe people Of each municipality
have the right to expect that the OH.
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
etate Of Illinois are 30 liberal In their
construction 40 to give to the municl.
pality full power to control all OF those
tianos which may In any way eject the
heeleh q the people.
"Unier the provisions Of IN act to
provide for the incorporation Of cities
and villages, approved April 10, ls7:'
(RsvIssd Statutes, Chapter "a. Section
02). the councils In cities and the presi'
dsut and the board Of trustee in Vile
lass ere empowered to regulate the
sais Of msat, 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; 10 declare what shall con-
gtitute q nuisance and to abate same
and 70 One all who permit nuisances
70 exist; TO appoint board Of health
and prescribe IT. powers and duties
TO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALL.
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HEALTH OR no PREVENT DIS
EASE; to direct location and regulate
the management and construction Of
hacking houses either within the limits
Of the corporation or within one uSale
from It. boundaries; to compel tue
owner Of any grocery or any unwhole.
some Or nauseous place to cleanse and
atats o. ssnovs same and to regulate
Id location. Under the provisions OF
the same law. municipalities are en-
powered 10 impose iines, not exceeding
$500 for each oeIense. or Imprisonment,
not exceeding elk months, for the viola
tion of any Of Ii ordinances"
aside from the specific provisions Of
the law, quoted above. the one pro
vision, empowering the municipality
ITO no ALL ACTS AND MAKE ALI.
REGULATIONS no PROMOTE
HEALTH AND PREVENT DlSRASE,'
aves ample authority for the local ON.
Gals to undertake the supervision and
systematic inspection Of those places
In which food for human consumption
10 either prepared, manufactured
stored or offered for sale. However
the specific provisions Of the statutes
remove all doubt 40 to the limits "a
which the municipality may 60 10 the
protection Of the health OF the people"
"An.mal food 10 particularly suscsp'
ttble to bacterial action and to dscom'
posltiou which y hastened BY killtlG
and handing In nlthy slaughter houses
or BY improper refrigeration and stor'
age"
"MnAT FROM DISEASED AMI
MAILS, TOO FREQUENTLY SLAUGH'
TERED FOR HUMAN FOOD. MAY
RE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDESPREAD
DISEASE AMONG THOSE WHO
CONSUME IT."
1.-THE oft repeated statement that
cooking will remove the poisonous prop
critics Of spoiled meat 70 not to be re-
lied upon"
"In view Of these facts, 1t 10 the duty
O, the health officials Of all municipali'
ties to establish such supervision and
inspection a. will render Impossible the
maintenance Of unsanitary daughter
houses and packing houses, Ae killing
OF diseased animals or to sale OF
meats and other foods whit n. by their
original character. or cha,sges w~.ch