The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-16
CHICAGO HEAL THOFF|cfR
IN AN INVESTIGATION
Finds Trace Of Typhoid and IN
sanitary Conditions at Farm of
H. Slader at Hartsdale, About 90
Miles Southeast of Hammond On
Panhandle.

The dairy industry I'm Lake counfy
was given another b1ack eye yesterday
when It is charged by a Chicago paper
that an epidemic of typhoid fever in
West Pullman had been caused by tho
shipping of milk from the farm of H
Siader, who lives at Hartsdale, Lake
county, Ind, and in whose family ty-
phoid fevr has existed a little longer
than the epidemic at West Pullman.
1t IS said thre are over ffty cases OF
typhoid fever at West Pullman which
can be traced directly to the sIader
farm. Many of the farmers of Lake
county were very indignant when State
Pure Food Inspector Frank Tucker told
them that they would have to clean mp
and conduct their business along sani-
tnry lines.
AS a result of the discovery Ernest
Pichler, West Pullman milk dealer,
was ordered to discontinue the sale of
milk and steps will be taken to have
his license revoked. 1t is said that the
milk dealer himself knew that he was
buying milk from farmer in whose
family there was a case of typhoid, as
long ago as last Monday.
License Is. Revoked.
A police guard was requisitioned by
spector in Chicago. to see that the or
der, which will affect about 900 custo-
mers. is enforced, and the dealer does
not send out any wagons this morning.
Although Mr.. Tucker has been doing
all he could to protect the good name
of Indiana dairymen who help to sup
ply the Chicago market, this reveia-
tion will, of course, reflect on his work
in this vicinity and will probably re-
suit in the wholesale arrest by him
of farmers who are not complying with
the law.
Some Lake county milk now has such
a bad reputation among the dealers in
Chicago that only the most drastic
measures on Mr.. fuckers part will
bring it back into favor among the
Chicago wholesalers and it is possible
that the Chicago authorities will shut
out the product altogether until they
have been given proof that the offending
Lake county farmers have cleaned up.
The fact that milk filled with dis
ease, was being shipped from Lake
county was discovered when the source
of the milk supply of West Pullman
was investigated, following which the
first signs of typhoid epidemic ware
discovered. It was found that Pichler
in Lake county.
! An investigation was made of ten Of
them, where conditions were found to
be tolerable. at least It was at the
farm of the eleventh dealer that the
cases of typhoid were found
| 1t was discovered that II. Slader, in
his ignorance or his unscrupulousness.
was sending milk to Chicago which car
/ ried with it the germs of disease which
may result in the death of several peo-
pie
! 1t was found that Mr. Slader was
taking chance on killing people just
| to get rid of his milk supply For
tunately, an enlightened people have
made laws which make that sort of
conduct a crime, the same as assault
with intent to kill, and the pure food
officials were able to get after Mr.. Sla-
der and put stop to the shipping OF
his milk.
1.-The present case is typical Of what
we have asserted all along" said Dr..
Koehler. II venture to.say that il the
city health department had not CO.
operated early in the year with the
state board of health in making farm
ers clean up their wells the city would
have been scourged with typhoid. par
ticularly in those sections where there
is tendency to violate the ordinances
covering the sale of milk.
The severity of the department is
fully justified. and If our supervision
were a little more complete these fifty
cases in West Pullman would not have
occurred