Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-01
SLAUGHTER HOUSE PROBLEM
3 5.sssss'T TAKEN UP AT THE BOARD
MEETING TUESDAY. IL
VIVID DESCRIPTION OF sLAuGH-
TER HOUSE CONDITIONS GEN
ERALLY EXISTING.
PRIVATE SEWERS sTABooED-
FILTHY ALLEYS WILL RECEIVE
BOARDS ATTENTION.. "

regular "iuSetlAS iueSuay nlSnC ana,
among other things, the slaughter
house nuisance was discussed. The
different methods for the improve
ment of slaughter houses were con-
sidered. The city engineer is going
to look up the use of septic tanks
in slaughter houses for disposing of
waste matter by decomposition and
for the prevention of foul odors.
The ACCESSIBILITY of a new slaughter
house ordinance was debated and the
state health officer will be communi-
Gated with to try to get uniform
ordinance throughout the stae.
The public health bulletin sent out
by DR.. Grassick, state superintend-
ent of health. was discussed, a por-
tion of this bulletin relating to slau-
ghter houses is here quoted, as con-
| ditions somewhat like those describ-
ed in the latter part of the quotation
are said to exist here until the board
of health get after the parties /:
'*The departure from the simple
life of our fathers has so complicated
our sanitary conditions that new prob
lens are coming to the front every
day When each family killed its
own meat supply it was compare
lively easy task to so conduct the
killing that everything of an unsan
itary nature was eliminated from tht
process. But in our social evolution
things have changed, a new sanitar.
problem, the modern slaughter-hous
has come into existence and the pee
pie have not yet been educated VI
to the plane where its dangers hav
been fully appreciated and wher
regulations for its management an
control have been Systematically il
stitutsd. =. y -.
We lave had occasion in Our of
cial capacity, and otherwise, TO visl
, and inspect number of these place
and from information CLEANED fro1
other sources we believe those visi
| ed are fair samples. Some are kel
in excellent condition, as clean an
, sanitary as those places can well b.
OF these we have nothing to say
they are above reproach, and fortu!
ate are the communities who hav
; them But from this as a standar
! we find all gradations down to tn
most filthy and disgusting condition
imaginable. "a .: T, slss, zl7 50
Here is common type: The xii
ing house is a small wooden stru
ture on the side Of hill, if there b
one in the neighborhood, or on tn
banks of coulee or stream. The
are usually unsupplied with waite
to flush the premises or wash tn
persons of the workmen who ar
dressing the meat. The blood is a
j., lowed to run through the cracks c
the floor or is conveyed to the outsid
where it is allowed to soak into tn
ground or add its bulk to the pes
:, ferrous mass of entrails. heads, leg
and offal, which are thrown out int
that what is termed a yard. Til
makes an excellent breeding and feet
ing place for insects, rats and othe
vermin, who soon become potent il
lection and disease carriers.
In this year is kept a number {
hogs t'for revenue only They d.
YOUR what is edible and wallow i
the rest. In due course of time the
grace the meat block in the mea
b. market and finally find a place o
r our dinner table as choice roast!
= Animals slaughtered in the evenin
are usually kept hanging in the a
mosphere of stencil and corruptio
] till morning. This, 1t must be al