The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-26
CITY HEALTH
OFFICER. MAKES
RA|D ON MEAT
Five Veal Carcasses in Unusual
Filthy Condition Confiscated .
at Station
CONDITION IN CRY .
BEST IN MANY YEARS
DR.. r. B, Strauss Plans Syste.
matte Crusade Against I'M.
pure Food

Five veal carcases, infested will
larvae and putrid with flies, in ar
unbelievably filthy and unsanitary
condition, were cOnfiscated at the of
fees Of the Northern Express Co. yes
terday by DR.. F. B. Strauss, city
health officer. The carcasses were
shipped from New Salem to loca
meat market. Three of them were
not protected in any way from heat
dirt and flies. Two were partially
enclosed in sacks. When the ship
ment was unloaded here every car
cass was black with flies. Dr.. Strauss
upon confiscating the entire lot found
that the interior of the carcases were
literally white with the larvae of flies
A more disgusting, unwholesome, un
healthful mess, DR.. Strauss declares
has never come to his attention, and
this veal was consigned to Bis
marck meat market and destined to
find its way into Bismarck homes
and Bismarck stOmachs
The veals were lined up on rack
and DR.. Strauss made an effort to get
moving picture of the flies at work
f. Holmboe of the Publicity Film Co
was out OF the city, however, and the
best the health officer could obtain
was a series of still pictures which
are sufficiently vivid to convince any
one. ~ ~ ''s>t W. "'"
!. ~ Only a Beginning .''
@"This is only the beginning of a
campaign which will continue until
every bismarck citizen may feel ab
sOlutely certain OF clean meats, milk
fruit, vegetables and other food stuffs
which are handled in the raw state
said DR.. Struass today. II have had
certain meat markets under surveil
lance for some time. Conditions
about local slaughter houses have
been investigated and found unsatis
factory. Several loads of meat have
been brought into town lately which,
had l then felt certain of my ground,
as l now do, would have been confis-
Gated, Meat dealers have, received
orders to clean up their killing, rooms
and their shops. If these orders are
not obeyed, both slaughterhouses and
markets will be closed. This menace
is not imanginary, but very real, and
it demands immediate and stringent
action.
Municipal Abbattoir
much of the meat offered for sale
here is never inspected, and it can
not be under the present system Of
slaughtering. l have recommended
to the city commission the establish
ment Of a municipal abbattoir. l
have made careful investiga ton as
to costs and other data, and l anticl-
pate favorable action in the near fu-
ture. This department really should
have an inspector constantly on duty.
Not only meat markets and groceries
should be inspected frequently dur
ing this hot weather, but the inspec-
ton should extend to restaurant and
hotel kitchens, boarding houses, soda
fountains and other places where
food is handled or prepared for hu-
man consumption"
General Health Good
"The general health of the city is
the best in years." said the city
health officer. "The month of July
has been remarkably free from COM
municable diseases. Including a num-
Der brought in from out of town, but
eight cases have been reported to
this office. The city on the whole has
never been cleaner; our streets and
alleys have not been in a better con-
dition in years. There are, however
a few slackers; few who have not
cut their weeds and cleaned up their
premises; few who do not seem to
appreciate the terrible menace Of
filth-bred flies these torrid days when
every little affliction is magnified
many times, and for these the DAY
of judgment is not for distant"
Complain of Sewage --
Residents in the Riverview addition
have complained of the emptying Of
sewage on the flats across the tracks.
The situation has received immediate
attention from the health officer. DR..
Strauss has no assistants and he
prays the cooperation of the COM
munity generally. He is anxious to
have reported to his office all cases
requiring his attention, but he urges
that matters which do not come with
in his jurisdiction and which can be
corrected by personal effort be not
thrown upon a department already
overburdened. r
DR.. Strauss now is preparing a
careful and complete report on the
city water supply. He hopes within
a few days to tell what is being uone
with the new chlorinating system,
and to explain just what the chlorine
gas treatment consists of and how
it safeguards the city's health.
Without their knowledge, Bismarck
water consumers have been drinking
chlorinated water for several days.
The water is tasteless and odorless
under the new treatment, and is guar.
anteed to be perfectly sterile of germ
life H. X. Davis of Chicago. sanitary
engineer with Wallace e Herman, a
firm of worldwide standing, had
charge of the installation and is re-
naming in the city for few days
to make sure that the plant works
satisfactorily.