Beef Trust Warning Prompts Chicago Health Action
The Chicago Health Department warns the public that lumpy jaw beef may cause appendicitis. A bulletin from Commissioner Charles J. Whalen cites pathologists and Chicago Medical Society findings on actinomycosis and insists on condemning carcasses with digestive tract involvement, urging reforms at stockyards.
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Chicago Health Department
Health Department
Chicago
Chicago Eagle
Commissioner of Health
Charles J. Whalen
The
Chicago Medical Society
Medical Society of London
Eng
T. H. Kelloch
Questioning meat safety and inspection measures in Chicago
A critical voice argues that 50 000 pounds of diseased meat are condemned weekly inside the loop and asks how much tainted meat escapes inspection outside the loop. The piece challenges claims by reformers and asserts distrust of investigations by clubs and academics.
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Chicago Health Department
Union Joop
van Buren Street
Watueh
Path Avenues
Beef Trust Pressure Sparks Call to Down Rival Dealers
A fragment notes enforcement against selling diseased meat and urges action to break the Beef Trust. The call emphasizes strong measures to down the trust and safeguard public meat supply.
Beef Trust Targeted In Chicago Health Protest
The Chicago Eagle calls for action against the Beef Trust and poor government inspection. It cites Health Department Bulletins from 1905 showing tuberculosis condemned in meats and urges next legislature to investigate be used in stores and stockyards. The piece accuses packers of selling tainted beef and vows ongoing scrutiny.
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Beef Trust
Board of Education
Cooley
B. D. Dudley
Health Department
Chicago
Visiting Nurse Association
Arthur Aldis
Sachs
Board of Health
Trust
Chicago Eagle
Europe
America
Beet Trust
Chicago Health Department
Union Stock Yards
St. Louis
Kansas City
Health Commissioner
C. J. Whalen
Whelan
Chicago City
Stock Yards
Commissioner of Health
Union
Beef ‘Trust
New York
Chicago Newspaper Trust
Chicago Trust
Mple
Beef Trust Horrors Spark Calls for Public Slaughtering
Activist article argues meat from private slaughterhouses spreads disease and cancer. It cites tubercule, lumpy jaw, trichinae and cancer as dangers, urges state run slaughterhouses, strict sanitation, and public health inspections to stop private profits. It notes international fears and cites hospital data and historical mortality shifts.
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Charles Edward Russell
Cincinnati
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Pennsylvania Hospital
Oss
Trust
United States
Beef Trust
England
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Reef ‘Trust
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