Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-22

icdIS IOr the preparation ana preServa.
ton Of food. lie points out that the
death rate from enterltis, appendicitis
and perityphlitls increased In Great
Britain during the twenty-year period
Of 1SS0-10O4 from 1873 to 3O0 per 1000.
600.
According to DR.. Harrison's theory,
the process by which the boric acid
produces appendicitis ID mechanical
and indirect, the FIRST step being the
development Of fiatulent Dyspepsia
now recognized as being an almost in.
evitable effect Of the presence of such
prcservatives In the food--and the sec.
Ond step being the entrance Of gas into
the appendix. DR.. Harrison says:
"'The initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible 10 the
opening or blowing out Of the appen.
deal canal to such degree as to rem.
der 1t accessible to the contents Of the
intestines. When this condi.
ton has thus been fairly well cstab.
lished. the ease and life Of the appen.
dix. not to say anything Of the indl.
vidual, are liable to become preca.
rious'
I'm support Of his contentious, DR..
Harrison quotes DR.. Beaver, Of Phila.
delphia, and . recent address BY DR..
Richard Jones to the North Wales
branch Of the British Medical Asso.
citation. In which also occurred this
passage:
"'Therc 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 kidneys.'
THAT no credencc 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
man Just returned from q vacation
spent In one Of the les accessible parts
Of the Berkshires. Practically the only
meat that could be obtained was bacon
In glass Jars, bought at a little village
grocery miles away. Az q rule the
Jars sent for were put up BY q New
York arm. But one day. while making
q meal on friz4led bacon from such a
Jar. both the informant and bic wife
noticed q peculiar burning sensation
In the throat and the canal connecting
It with the nose.
"S6me experimenting proved quickly
that tho 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. Il was concluded-and
properly, according to consulted author.
lties--that the observed sensation was
caused by the presence In the bacon
either Of some such preservative a.
borlc acid or some coloring substance.
or both"
Always remember that In order to
please the packers. there Ii no longer
city inspection at 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 five months Of the year, the
seven inspectors (five Of whom were
appointed In November) have con.
demned aud destroyed 2.704 OSS
pounds Of meat, % being unnt for
food; oil Of which would have been
sold In the City Of Chicago and for
which the purchaser would have paid
6rst class prlcea From these figures
It Ii very evident that inspection BY
the city Of all food products 10 Of un.
told value. not only from financial.
but also from sanitary and hygienic
standpoint y
1.-THE following will show how neces-
sary city inspection II at the Union
Stock Yards:
1.-THE city meat inspectors have con.
demned In the coolers and on the cut
ting floors, AFTER PASSING Gov
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
"l25 cattle, cause, actinolnycods.
'D7 cattle, cause, emaciation.
"224 cattle. cause, tuberculOsis-evl.
dence of the disease having been
trimmed out.
40 sheep. cause, downer&'
"?7 sheep, cause, pneumonia.
'9a hogs, pyaemia and tuberculosis.
"47,72O pounds Of cut meats ship
ped from st. Louis, Omaha, ETC.. for
canning. This meat was sour and
slimy."
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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 Oct0-
Der %. 1905, speaks for iself:
The city inspectors at the Union
Stock Yards condemned five CAT.
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS,