Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-15
PACKERS B0RACIC RECORDS
For the Past Three Years. Carefully Collected from Official
Reports and Press kilograms Furnish Pure Food
Data for the Campaign of 1908.

ployment Of boric acid and other chem.
icals for the preparation and preserva.
ton Of food. He points out that. the
death rate from enterltIs, appendicitis
and perityphlitls increased in Great
Britain during the twenty.year period
Of 1SS5-19O4 from 1913 to 3O0 per 1000.
no.
According to DR.. Harrison's theory.
the process by which the boric acid
produces appendicitis Ii mechanical
and Indirect, the first step being the
development Of Hatulent dyspepsia
now recognized AZ 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 ID the
opening or blowing out Of the appen-
dical canal to such a degree a. to rem.
der It accessible to the contents Of the
intestines. When this condi.
ton has thus been fairly well estab-
llshed, the ease and life Of the appen.
dix, not to cay anything Of the indi.
vldual, are liable to become preca-
rl0uA'
I'm support of his contentious, DR..
Harrison quotes DR.. Beaver, Of Phila.
delphia. and q recent address by DR..
Richard Jones to the North Wales
branch Of the British Medical Asso.
citation, In which also occurred this
passage:
""rllere can be no doubt that the
continuous Introduction Of these chemi.
cal substances Into the system Inter.
feres with digestion. depresses the
heart action, and injuriously affects
the kldneys.'
"That no credence can be placed In
the sometimes heard assertion that the
food prepared In this country for do
nestle consumption 10 free from many
Of the authorizations that characterize
the exported articles. seems proved by
an experience related to q reporter by
a man just returned from q vacation
spent In one Of the less accessible parts
Of the Berkshlres. Practically the only
meat that could be obtained was bacon
In glass Jars, bought ut little village
grocery miles away. As rule the
Jars sent for were put up by New
York firm. But one day, while making
a meal on frixxled bacon from such a
jar. both the informant and his wife
noticed peculiar burning sensation
In the throat and the canal connecting
It 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 best.knOwn
and most widely advertised meat firms
In Chicago. 1t was concluded--an
properly. according to consulted author.
ltlcs--that the observed sensation was
caused by the presence In the bacon
either Of some such preventative M
bOric acid or some col0ring substance,
or both"
Always remember that In order to
please the packers. there IL no longer
city inspection ut the Union Stock
Yards.
The withdrawal Of the city inspect.
Ors from the big packing houses ut the
stock yards was an awful thing. We
take the following from page % Of the
annual report Of the Chicago Health
Department for 1905. Issued In 1905
at the Union Stock Yards during
the last i've months Of the year, the
seven inspectors 1--we Of whom were
appointed In November) have con.
demned and destroyed 2,704,O36
pounds OF meat, 40 being UNIT for
food; all Of which would have been
sold In the City Of Chicago and for
which the purchaser would have paid
first class prices. From these figures
1t Ii very evident that inspection by
the city Of all food products 10 Of un.
told value. not only from 4 financial
but also from a sanitary and hyglenic
standpoint.
'"rhe following will show how neces.
sary city inspection IL at the Union
Stock Yards:
'.rhe city meat inspectors have con-
demned In the coolers and on the cut.
ting floors AFvTER PASSING GOV.
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
I25 cattle, cause. actinomycosis.
'D7 cattle, cause, enaciatiOn.
"24 cattle, cause. tuberculOsis-evl.
dence of the disease having been
trimmed out.
"l8 sheep, cause, 'downers.'
"7 sheep, cause, pneumonia.
'N hogs, pyaemia and tuberculosis
"47.7oO pounds OF cut meats ship
ped from st. Louis, Omaha, etc, for
canning. This meat was sour and
shiny"
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-
Der %, 1905. speaks for itself:
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