Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-16

ployment of boric acid and other chem.
icals for the preparation and preserva.
tion of food. lie points out that the
death rate from enteritis. appendicitis
and perityphlitis increased i'm Great
Britain during the twenty-year period
OF 1SSj-1OO4 from 1873 to 3Oj per 1000.
GOO.
According to DR.. 11arrson's theory,
the process by which the bOric acid
produces appendicitis Is mechanical
and Indirect, the first step being the
development of fatulent Dyspepsia
now recognized as being an almost in
evitable effect of the presence Of such
preservatives In the food--and the sec.
ond step being the entrance of gas into
the appendix. DR.. Harrison says:
""rhe initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible Is the
opening or blowing out of the appcn.
dical canal to such q degree as To reil-
der II accessible to the contents of the
ihtcstines. When this condi.
ton has thus been fairly well estab.
lished. the ease and life of the nppen.
dix. not to say anything of the indi.
vldual, arc liable to become preca.
rlous.'
''ln support of his contentious. DIR.
Harrison quotes DR.. Deavcr, Of Phila-
delphla. and a recent address by DIR.
Richard Jones to the North Wales
branch of the British Medical AssO.
citation. In which also occurred this
passage:
"'rherc can be no doubt that the
continuous introduction of these clemi.
cal substances into the system inter.
fcrcs with digestion. depresscs the
heart action, and injurlously affects
the Kidneys
THAT no crcdcncc can be placed In
food prepared In this country for do
nestle consumption Is free from many
Of the authorizations that characterize
the exported articles. seems proved by
an experience related to reporter by
n man Just returned from a vacation
spent In one of the less accessible parts
Of the Bcrkshircs. Practically the only
meat that could be obtained was bacon
In glass Jars. bought ut a little village
grocery miles away. AS rule the
Jars sent for were put up by u New
York firm. But one day, while making
meal OH frizzlcd bacon from such a
tnr. both the Informant and his wife
noticed a peculiar burning scnsatio
In the throat and tho canal connecting
II with the nose.
"Some experimenting proved quickly
that the bacon was wholly responsible
for the unpleasant effect. The jar was
then examined and was found to have
been put UP by one Of the bcst.knOwn
and most widely advertised meat firms
In Chicago. 1t was concludcd--and
properly. according to consulted author.
itlcs-that the observed sensation was
caused by tho presence In the bacon
either Of some such prcservative az
borIc acid or some colorIng substance,
or BOTH"
Always remember that In order tD
please the packers. there IL no longer
city inspection ut the Union Stock
Yards.
The withdrawal Of the city inspect
orr from the big packing houses at the
stock yards was IN awful thing. We
take the following from page ~ Of the
annual report Of tho Chicago Health
Department for 1905, Issued In 1905 |:
AT the Union Stock Yards during
the last five months Of the year, the
seven inspectors (hve Of whom were
appointed In November) have con.
demned and destroyed 2,70A, A,O3S
pounds Of meat, as being UNIT for
food; all Of which would have been
sold In the City Of Chicago and for
which tho purchaser would have paid
nrst class prices. From these figures
II II very evident that inspection by
the city OF all food products Is Of un.
told value, not only from a financial,
but also from sanitary and hygienic
standpoint.
"The following will show how neces-
sary city inspection Is ut the Union
Stock Yards:
"The city meat inspectors have con-
demned In the coolers and on the cut
ting floors. AFT'ER PASSING GOV
E,RNMENT INSPECTION:
"125 cattle, cause, actinOmycOsis.
"37 cattle, cause, emaclation.
| "24 cattle, cause, tuberculOsis-eyi-
dence OF the disease having been
trimmed out.
"l6 sheep, cause, 'dOwners.'
"27 sheep, cause, pneumonia.
''M hogs, pyaemia AMI tuberculosis.
"II,72O pounds of cut meats ship
ped from IT. Louis, Omaha, ETC., for
canning This meat was sour and
simy."
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The Health Department reports for
years back have been interesting read.
ing for people who give thought to the
matter of pure food:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin Of Octo-