Adelaide - Public Health
Consumption
"Consumption and the City" is debated in the Register,
30 August 1902, page 8e,
11, 16 and 20 September 1902, pages 11h, 8h and 9d.
"The Proposed Consumptive Home" is in the Register,
24, 25 and 27 February 1904, pages 9d, 5b and 10d,
3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 March 1904, pages 4d, 4c, 6f, 4d-7e and 3g,
14, 19, 20 and 25 April 1904, pages 4c-g, 4f-7g, 6h and 4d,
2, 7 and 18 May 1904, pages 4d-5b, 5e and 7h,
1 June 1904, page 8e,
31 August 1904, page 8b,
7 December 1904, page 4f,
23 March 1906, page 4d,
17 April 1908, page 4f.
Also see Advertiser,
27 August 1906, page 11g,
Register,
19, 21 and 29 October 1907, pages 8c, 4d and 4d,
18 August 1909, page 4f,
18 March 1910, page 9f,
1 April 1911, page 12i,
17 and 23 October 1914, pages 6d and 4h,
7 September 1915, pages 4d-8g.
"Adelaide's Disgrace" is in the Register,
16 and 18 October 1917, pages 5c and 5a.
An appeal for funds for the Consumptive Home is made in the Register on
26 February 1921, page 7e.
"Our Consumptive Hospital" appears on
12 March 1921, page 9c,
2 August 1921, page 5b; also see
25 November 1924, page 6f,
24 December 1925, page 8f.
"Our Consumptive Hospital" is in the Register,
12 March 1921, page 9c,
Observer,
19 March 1921, page 45a; also see
24 December 1921, page 20c,
Register,
21 and 22 December 1921, pages 6d-7f and 6f.
"Cells of Death in the City - North Terrace Consumptive Home" is in The
News,
21, 24 and 26 November 1924, pages 11a, 5e and 1c.
"A New Consumptive Home" is in the Register,
29 January 1925, pages 6e-7e,
3 and 5 February 1925, pages 6d and 9g,
Observer,
31 January 1925, page 35c.
Information on the Consumptive Home is in The News,
23 August 1927, page 8f.
"Consumptive Home Going at Last" is in the Advertiser,
17 December 1937, page 30e.
Milk Supply
Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Dairying.
An Essay on the Milkman
(Taken from Geoffrey H. Manning's A Colonial Experience)
He begins his day a 3 am. every morning and as soon as he tumbles out of bed he bails the cows, feeds them and after a while commences milking which takes he and helpers about an hour. The milk is then strained and the cans filled and put in the carts. He says they don't use them 'new-fangled' milking machines, thank goodness! They then have a snack, harness the horses and start the rounds and upon completion they 'fix up the neddies' and put any milk left over into a can.
And then its time for breakfast: 'Can't you eat these mornings - rather. After three hours on the cart your appetite's got an edge as sharp as a razor.' They then make up their returns which are checked by the boss, wash out and clean the cans, sweep and spread lime in the stalls and mix the afternoon feed for the cows.
Although the life of a milkman, on the whole, is not prosaic, and far from a bed of roses, there are many compensations in it. Humorous episodes often tend to counterbalance drawbacks and disadvantages.
According to statements made recently during the hearing of a court case, in which a milk vendor took a prominent part, it is by no means a unique experience for customers, on rising in the morning, to find that the usual quantity of milk has not been left. Next day a note to this effect awaits the milkman who realises then that somebody has been up to tricks. Invariably, investigations disclose that a boy on his way to work has taken to sampling the supply.
In the immigration days in South Australia one new chum who had come out as a 'farm labourer' and therefore knew nothing about farming was engaged in a dairy. At night he was told to rise early in the morning and milk the cows. At breakfast time - no milk. The man was found to have baled the bull and he explained: 'The beggar gave me such a lot of bother that I've not been able to start milking yet.' No, this was not the man who afterwards sent a mob of wethers to stock a sheep station in the north.
General Notes
"The Milk Supply of the City" is in the Observer,
28 August 1875, page 13d,
"Adulteration of Milk" in the Chronicle,
21 August 1875, page 5; also see
Express,
17 August 1875, page 2b,
18 April 1884, page 3d.
A proposed dairy farm is commented upon in the Observer,
3 August 1878, page 6f,
"Milk as a Disease Carrier" on
26 April 1879, page 10e,
"Suburban Dairy Farming" on
5 March 1881, page 395a.
"Fever in Milk" is in the Express,
3 June 1879, page 2a.
"Our Milk Supply" is in the Register,
17 January 1884, page 5a.
"Raid on Milk Dealers" is in the is in the Register,
21 March 1890, page 5b; also see
2 April 1890, page 5a,
Observer,
22 March 1890, page 31d.
A poem titled "A Curd-ling Whey - By a Broken-Hearted Milkman" is in The
Lantern,
9 May 1885, page 22; also see
19 March 1887, page 19.
"The Sewage Farm and the Milk Supply" is in the Register,
10 March 1884, page 7c,
18 April 1884, pages 4g-6g;
"Diseased Meat and Milk" is in the Register,
15 May 1890, pages 4g-6e.
Also see Register,
3 September 1892, page 4h,
Chronicle,
25 June 1898, page 18c and
Register,
5 May 1904, page 6e under "Checking the Milk Supply",
Advertiser,
16 November 1901, pages 6f-9f,
Observer,
23 November 1901, page 12b,
The Critic,
22 August 1903, page 20,
Register,
5 and 7 May 1904, pages 6e and 4f,
5 July 1907, page 6f,
12 and 23 October 1907, pages 13g and 6h,
20 November 1907, page 8g.
"The Sale of Milk - Diluted With Water" is in the Register,
22 February 1905, pages 3g-4e,
"Milk Adulteration" on
30 May 1905, page 4e.
"Metropolitan Dairies" is in the Register,
9 November 1906, page 3g,
"Cleaning the Dirty Dairies" on
8 February 1908, page 11b.
"Dairies and Milk Shops" is in the Register,
15 April 1903, page 4f,
"Milk Adulteration" on
1 and 21 April 1905, pages 8g and 4g,
7 April 1906, page 8g.
"Adelaide's Milk Supply" is in the Register,
20 November 1907, page 8g.
Photographs of J. Anderson & Co's milk depot and dairy farm are in the Observer,
28 November 1908, page 32,
of the Wattle View Dairy's depot in Carrington Street in The Critic,
2 December 1914, page 8.
"Licensing Cowkeepers" is in the Register,
11 August 1911, page 8d.
"Milk Vendors Fined" is in the Register,
23 and 25 April 1912, pages 10c and 9a; also see
23 January 1914.
"A Tragedy in Milk - Early Morning Episodes" is in the Register,
12 and 14 July 1913, pages 15h and 6h (8h?),
14 August 1913, page 6d-8d; also see
Advertiser,
10 July 1913, page 8d.
"Troubles of the Milkman" is in the Register,
25 June 1914, page 6f.
Information on Adelaide's milk supply is in the Register,
12 July 1915, page 4f.
"Unsatisfactory Conditions Disclosed" is in the Register,
5 and 11 February 1920, pages 7d and 9f.
"Our Daily Milk" is in the Register,
24 April 1920, page 9h.
"Bottled Milk" is in the Register,
26 January 1922, page 6e,
"Clean Milk" on
10 October 1922, page 4e.
"Pure Milk and Public Health" is in the Register,
14 March 1924, page 8d.
"City Milk Supply" is in the Register,
2 May 1927, page 22a.
"Is Bottled Milk Dangerous?" is in the Register,
11 and 12 January 1929, pages 17g and 12a.
"Opposition to Milk Bill" is in The News,
22, 25 and 30 November 1937, pages 6d, 1a and 1b.
Slaughterhouses and Abattoirs
Also see Place Names - Abattoirs.
"The Slaughterhouse" is in the Observer,
21 April 1855, page 5g,
28 April 1855, page 6h,
7 July 1855, page 5e; also see
20 September 1856, page 6f, Register,
18 and 19 July 1855, pages 3h and 2e,
17 September 1856, page 2f,
16 February 1857, page 2h,
19 March 1857, page 2h,
14 July 1860, page 2g.
"Our Meat Supply" is in the Chronicle,
4 August 1866, page 4a.
"The City Butchers" is in the Register,
25 September 1856, page 2d,
1 October 1856, page 3a,
"The Corporation and the Butchers" on
5 August 1861, page 3a.
"Our Meat Supply" is in the Chronicle,
4 August 1866, page 4a.
"Slaughtering in the City" is in the Register,
1 October 1859, page 2g,
19 December 1859, page 2g.
Private slaughterhouses are discussed in the Register,
10 March 1862, page 3c.
"Poisoned Mutton" is in the Express,
20 April 1871, page 2b,
10 May 1871, page 2b.
"Mr Conrad's Slaughterhouse" is in the Express,
12 February 1875, page 3d.
"Cattle Slaughtering and Wholesome Meat" is in the Register,
3 July 1875, page 4f,
"Slaughtering Licences" on
4 and 20 January 1876, pages 4e and 6e-f.
Slaughterhouses in the city are the subject of an editorial in the Observer,
22 January 1876, page 3a,
Express,
26 January 1876, page 3b,
Register,
9 February 1876, page 4f; also see
14 June 1876, page 4e,
24 April 1877, pages 4e, 4g and 6e,
2 May 1877, page 4e,
24 May 1878, page 7b,
Observer,
28 April 1877, page 10a.
A proposed city abattoirs is discussed in the Observer,
7 July 1877, page 20b,
Register,
15 and 27 June 1877, pages 5b,
3 February 1883, page 4g,
15 August 1883, page 3f.
"The City Slaughterhouse" is in the Register,
4 June 1878, page 6c,
21 and 26 November 1879, pages 4f and 6c,
Observer,
8 June 1878, page 10b; also see
Express,
4 June 1878, page 3d,
19 April 1880, page 3c.
The editor of the Register on 21 November 1879 at page 4f speaks out against unwholesome slaughterhouses:
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The city slaughterhouse is in close proximity to the spot where the uncleanly
night-carts are kept when not in use... Where the cattle are slaughtered
are large heaps of refuse and offal... This is a crying evil and one which
is extremely discreditable to the authorities...
"The Slaughtering System" is in the Advertiser,
26 July 1899, page 4d,
"Abattoirs and Public Health" on
28 and 30 April 1900, pages 10c and 4e,
"Public Abattoirs" on
31 July 1901, page 4d,
1 August 1901, page 5i.
"Public Abattoirs for Adelaide" is in the Observer,
16 September 1899, page 56e.
"Adelaide's Meat Supply - A Chat With Mr S. Kidman" is in the Advertiser,
22 October 1901, page 5g; also see
15 July 1902, page 7g.
Also see Register,
15, 17, 22 and 24 April 1901, pages 6a, 6e, 4d and 8a,
2 and 3 May 1901, pages 3g and 7g,
5, 6 and 28 June 1901, pages 4i, 4e and 4e,
6 August 1902, page 4f, BR> Advertiser,
27 August 1902, page 4b,
24 October 1902, page 4d,
Register,
2 September 1902, page 4b.
"Public Abattoirs for Adelaide" is discussed in a series of articles in the Advertiser,
18 and 27 April 1903, pages 10a and 9a,
6, 13 and 27 May 1903, pages 9a, 9a and 8a,
23 July 1903, page 7g,
4, 13, 17 and 25 August 1903, pages 6e, 6h, 9c and 9a; also see
Register,
26 June 1903, page 6c,
4 August 1903, page 3f,
21 June 1904, page 4f,
16 January 1906, page 4e,
Chronicle,
17 February 1906, page 38c,
Advertiser,
29 March 1906, page 4c,
25 April 1906, page 6d,
22 May 1906, page 6d,
15 August 1906, page 6b,
The Herald,
12 and 26 May 1906, pages 11a and 11a,
2 June 1906, page 11a.
"Slaughterhouse Reform" is in the Advertiser,
5 September 1904, pages 4c-6e.
"Free Gift of Land for Abattoirs" is in the Register,
19 December 1905, page 6g.
Also see Register,
29 March 1906, page 8a,
17 and 18 May 1906, pages 3f and 4d,
29 September 1907, page 4c,
Advertiser,
16 December 1907, page 6d,
13 August 1908, page 6c,
14 November 1908, page 13a,
Register,
7 September 1908, page 4d,
22 December 1908, page 6d,
30 April 1909, page 4e,
11, 18, 25 and 27 May 1909, pages 4g, 8d, 9e and 7g.
"Land for Abattoirs" is in the Register,
2 August 1909, page 4e; also see
4 November 1909, page 10b.
"The New Abattoirs - A Township in the Making" is in the Advertiser,
11 November 1909, page 9f.
Photographs and further information are in the Chronicle,
12 and 19 July 1913, pages 30-31 and 29.
Also see Register,
18 April 1910, page 7c,
6 May 1910, page 4f,
26 November 1910, page 8c (includes photographs),
Advertiser,
21 February 1911, page 8c,
Register,
20 and 22 February 1911, pages 6d-8h and 10c (includes photographs),
13 May 1911, page 8 (includes photographs),
5 July 1911, page 6d,
15 November 1911, page 8d,
Observer,
18 November 1911, page 25a,
Advertiser,
16 February 1912, page 12f,
10, 12 and 19 July 1913, pages 9e, 18d-22 and 19c,
Observer,
18 and 25 January 1913, pages 40a and 49a,
15 February 1913, page 50a,
18 April 1914, page 53b,
Register,
10 February 1913, page 7d,
12, 14, 19 and 21 July 1913, pages 14c-16b, 9a, 15b and 7d,
13 August 1913, page 12d,
2 October 1913, page 9g,
28 November 1913, page 8f,
1 December 1913, page 5g,
Express,
8 January 1914, page 3g,
14 August 1914, page 4e.
"The Abattoirs - Opening Sale" is in the Observer,
19 July 1913, page 45a.
"Trouble at Abattoirs - Master Butchers' Strike" is in the Observer,
26 July 1913, page 46d.
A letter from Sidney Kidman in respect of the Abattoirs is in the Observer,
11 October 1913, page 47a.
"The Abattoirs Dispute" is in the Register,
2 February 1916, page 4c.
An obituary of V.O. Cheek is in the Observer,
25 September 1920, page 19b.
"Adelaide's Wholesome Abattoirs" is in The Mail,
5 March 1921, page 2d.
"How Adelaide Gets Its Meat Supply" is in The News,
18 March 1924, page 5e.
"Abattoirs - Finest in the World" is in the Register,
21 October 1926, page 10b; also see
The Mail,
16 May 1936, page 4.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
31 August 1933, page 39.
