Cañon City record., 1907-11-07


Canon City received big boost Mon
day when State Veterinarian Lamb,
of Denver, addressed City council Dr.
Lamb, hearing of the efforts of council
to improve conditions here, made a
special trip to Canon City to render
any assistance possible. DR.. Lamb has
made a study of the health conditions
all over Colorado. His talk was help
full; his suggestions terse, logical and
very much to the point
| DR.. Lamb doubts, however, that 1t
will be possible to secure one man who
! is qualified to act as meat and dairy
inspector and at the same time per-
form the general duties of health and
sanitary officer. There may be a man
this side of Jordan" he said, who can
do this combination work. But I am
afraid he is on the other side Meat and
milk inspection and the testing of
dairy stock for disease are the great
est essentials of a good health depart
ment- The inspection of beef food ami
mails, both anti and post mortem. is in
itself a considerable task. 1t requires a
man of knowledge and experience to
do this work properly. A skilled veter-
| marian Is the proper man for the
place. He must have sufficient know
| ledge to detect the presence of tuber-
culosis in cattle, both live and dead
| The test of dairy stock is the great
safeguard of the milk. l would rather
buy milk that is half water and know
it is pure than to buy rich milk that
may be contaminated.
II am not here to make a fiowery
| speech. The pure food question Is
strictly business proposition, and a
| f,owery speech is not necessary. You
will remember, short time ago. when
commission investigated the great
slaughter houses of Chicago. You re-
member the report of the commission
made to the president, and the imme-
diate action the government took to
have all packing houses that do an
interstate business placed under gov
ernment supervision and inspection.
But this inspection covers the larger
packing concerns only. 1t is the duty
OF separate states and separate COM
munities to inspect their food that is
killed and dressed ~ hor1A
mo doubt you have all seen diseased
cattle on the ranges in this state.
What becomes of them? They are not
shipped to the big markets. The own
ers are too wise for that They know
| the government officials will condemn
them. But they are killed somewhere
and somebody eats the meat. This is
| what makes local meat inspection so
necessary"
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things about the food stock situation.
But he placed meat inspection second
in Importance to the Inspection of
milk. Meat, he said. is one article of
an adults diet But milk is the sole
food of an infant at a time when he is
most susceptible to the inroads of dis
ease Many children born in Colorado,
he said. are predisposed to tubercu-
losis, and it takes only slight .ag-
gravating cause to result seriously.
This cause is often supplied, he insist
ed. by the use of milk taken from dis
eased cows
DR.. Lamb was glad to hear that Can
on has An ordinance providing for the
inspection OF milk. He will be glad
when the three slaughter houses are
pEOkc~SAoh. III :.
Lamb will give any assistance possible
to help Canon In her efforts for health
and public safety.
DR.. Lamb was introduced by DR..
Carrier. who repeated his former
Recommendations concerning the ap-
pointment Of health inspector. The
matter is In the hands of a council
manic committee appointed two weeks
ago to investigate the situation and
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