Public health clash over stockyards insanitary conditions
Dr. Arnold C. Klebs censures stock yards for insanitary conditions feeding tuberculosis in Chicago. He urges reforms at the stock yards and questions city inspections of condemned tuberculosis and cancerous cattle. The piece also links the Beef Trust to price controls and industry manipulation, predicting a legislative investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold C. Klebs
Chicago Medical Society
Chicago
Beef Trust
Congress
Associated Press
Health Department
Union
Beef Trust tuberculous meat sparks public health fury
A 1905 Chicago Health Department expose accuses the Beef Trust of selling tuberculous meat. It cites inspectors condemning hundreds of thousands of pounds, government lapses, and calls for accountability. It urges drastic action by authorities to protect families from diseased meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Chicago
Commissioner of Health
Ull
Beef Trust
Secretary of Agriculture
Europe
Congressional Committee
Be The Beef Trust Warns Of Lumpy Jaw And Cancer
An exposé denounces carcass condemnation across actinomycotic infections and lumpy jaw in cattle, arguing for full carcass condemnation when spread occurs. It condemns private slaughter, urges state run plants, censures inadequate inspections, and cites Chicago cancer rises linked to trust practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trust
United States
Beef Trust
England
City meat scandal darkens years with unchecked inspections
Questioning mayoral policy suggests millions of pounds of cancerous and tuberculous meat were fed to residents during years without city meat inspection while 11 inspectors served in five months, implying widespread risk and negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunne
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Public Health
Onnual
Kansas City
St. Louis
Toronto
Canada
Beef ‘Trust
New York
Chicago Newspaper Trust
The
Reo
Ralph Temple Auto CO
Michigan Ave
12Th St
Tuberculosis
Board of Education
Cooley
B.D. Dudley
Visiting Nurse Association
Arthur Aldis
Sachs
Board of Health
Chicago Eagle
America
City of Chicago
Chicago Health Department
C. J. Whalen
Whelan
Union Stock Yards
Chicago City
Dec
Union Stock
Pennsylvania
Meir
Charles Edcal
Ward Russell
Jody
London Lancet
Medical Journal of Europe
Jamestown
N. Y
Supus
Anu
Cincinnati Hospital
Carelesanes
Roosevelt Hospital
New
York
Ceia
Seteben
Linsa
Bees ‘Trust
Germany
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!