The San Francisco call., 1910-06-09
EVIDENCE that
death Turks in
!. infected MEAT
Doctors Enlist Commonwealth
Club in Fight TO Prevent
Repeal of Ordinance
Experts Declare That Laxity in
Inspection Means Peril to
Human Life
Determined Effort Will Be Made
to Avert Letting Down
the Bars

inspection ordinance by the super
- Tisors on the recommendation of
in ebOard OF health was condemned in
plain language by members of the Com
monweaIth club last evening. with the
result thst the club requested it's gov
ernors TO appoint committee of pro-
test. This committee will appear be-
lHext Wednesday morning 10 fight re-
peal.
=. The clubs monthly dinner at the ST.
Francis was devoted to the special re-
port on the tuberculosis problem. pre-
pared after 10 months study by DR..
5 George H Evans, Dr.. c. n Richter. DR..
r. S. Broderick and Thomas E. Hayden.
Danger of tuberculosis
The danger Of contracting tubercu-
losis from meat affected by this disease
is greater than infection of man by
man." Doctor Broderick declared. "Tu-
bercular cattle are the commonest cause
OF tuberculosis glands so common
among children. This form OF the
disease IS caused directly by the drink
ing or milk and eating of the meat of
ruberculsr cattle.
4 recently inspected 2 dairy in San
Nsteo where so out Of So cows showed
tuberculosis, and another where 9e out
of ia COWS reacted 10 the same test.
Milk is the food OF so per cent of our
children Statistics show that tubercu-
losis costs out cattlemen s2s 1000 a
year from deaths. The German impe-
rial health Office reports one-third OF
the deaths from tuberculosis Of the
bowels are due 10 infected milk. I could
e3te these examples ad nauseam. in
face of the statement that there is no
danger 10 human beings from infected
meat. and. in fact that it is good
thing to kill off people with tubercular
tendencies. any way"
This remark by Doctor Broderick was
inspired by the recent public statement
OF. Doctor Eaton of the board of health
eondemning the meat inspection law.
Government Expert
Dr. George s. Baker. the govern
ment expert. said that experiments
made with animals show tuberculosis
is. always transmitted by the eating OF
infected meat. While sufficient cooking
would kin the bacteria, the danger is
not reduced in meats eaten red, such
IS steaks and rossts. or the sausage
prepared from cured scraps.
while with the human race tuber-
culosis is a disease that shuns the sun
fight. it commits frightful ravages
among cattle that have never left the
range or. touched a man since they were
branded Doctor Baker declared.
p Doctor Baker declared that 40 per
cent OF the cows supplying the ordinary
oairies Of San Francisco-the certified
exoepted-were tubercular. The in
fection from milk may lie latent in
the child until the body becomes weak
ened from other causes, then break
out.
Tenement House Law
Speaking of the threatened repeal Of
the state tenement house law and the
reduction of space for light and air
under the local building laws DR.. Lang
ley Porter said:
Dsmnable tactics are resorted TO to
beat the tenement law. especially in
The North beach district. When land
lords beat this law they beat the light
out Of their houses and the life out of
their children"
DR. Phillip King Brown told of the
case from the steam laundry workers
union. out Of 1900 women members
who -handle only the washed or steril-
lied clothes there have been two deaths
in the last four years. OF the 400 men
who assert the dirty and infected cloth
ing there have been Is deaths in this
length Of time.
The club heard instructive talks from
Or. william c. Yoorsanger, who showed
what meat inspection had done in low
-erfng Germsnys tubercular rate; Ed
ward i. Adams. Charles Bentley.
Thomas E. Hayden and DR.. George ".
Merritt
The committees report outlined
stringent plan Of municipal control Of
the problem, the thorough inspection of
factories, more light and air for tene-
Inents, a tuberculosis hospital. out OF
door schools for infected children and a
permanent commission to handle the.
situation.
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