HEALTH
D., H. E. Dearholt, M.
Health By.H. E. DEARHOLT, M. D. Director. Health jMtrnction Bureau, University oi Wisconsin Extension Division MORE ABOUT MEAT INSPECTION TJEEF CATTLE killed-in Wisconsin packing plants under...
...During the autumn, evidences of hog cholera are found in a considerable proportion-of the carcasses...
...Of 98«Sv&7i...
...The former explanation would- -offer good reason for study npon the part of the agricul j«r#ligg-cHJ%e':v;tati«T~ tvould be cause for gratification upon the part' of the "'consumer' of meat passed by federal inspectors...
...Throughout the entire year, tuberculosis is the predominant,disease,amongst hogs...
...Health is dependent upon purity of food...
...Amongst the very poor It is even more dependent upon quantity...
...Swine 'constitute the greatest federal inspection problem...
...AyKpcrease from 12 per cent...
...If quality increases cost to those in meager circumstances, cost will reduce quantity...
...It is significant either .of ah^increase-in the amount of tutetcitlofis amongst Wisconsin hogs, or of closer inspection in the pack-i'fig-Sbuses...
...The larger proportion of our Wisconsin cattle slaughtered for food purposes pass through^ packing, houses not inspected...
...To some the high cost of living means only a curtailing of luxuries...
...According to figures secured from reliable sources, of 1,01 3,000 Wisconsin, swine^slaughtered in 1911, a trifle over 12 per cent, were retained by inspectors.-' Of this number, 98 per cent, were tuberculous...
...Obviously, the cost of inspection and guarantee willfc.ll upon the ultimate consumer...
...Health jMtrnction Bureau, University oi Wisconsin Extension Division MORE ABOUT MEAT INSPECTION TJEEF CATTLE killed-in Wisconsin packing plants under government " inspection, are to a,great extent, shipped from the West...
...To" others it is identical with "the high cost of health...
...In the first ten months, .Of-JJro present year, of...T4'5;456 animals over 17 per cent, were re'taine'd...
...11: per cent,;_in animals inspected is most' important...
...The principle which underlies the United States "Pure Food Act" will gradually be extended to" all food products...
...slaughtered: in 191 2, over 15 per cent, were retained, of which''at>o'ut':*he same percentage were tuberculous...
...As is well known, range animals are comparatively free from' tuberculosis...
Vol. 6 • June 1914 • No. 23
