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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1910
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1910
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On the 17th September the Public Health Committee made
their annual inspection of the slaughter-houses of the Borough.
In two instances the slaughter-houses were found to require limewashing,
which was done. All the remaining slaughter-houses were
in a satisfactory condition. During Inspector Bobbitt's visits to
the slaughter-houses in the Borough he examined the carcases of
205 oxen and 1,705 sheep and lambs. He found the following parts
and organs diseased:—
4 forequarters of ox beef affected with tuberculosis.
2 hearts, 2 lungs and 2 heads affected with tuberculosis.
Portions of a forequarter bruised.
1 ox liver and lungs with abscess.
7 ox livers with distomatosis.
4 sheep livers with distomatosis.
6 sheep livers and lungs with parasitic cysts.
The following statement refers to the milk places, cowsheds, slaughter-houses and offensive trades in the Borough:—
| Premises. | Number of Places. | Number of Inspections, 1910. | Number of Notices, 1910. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1909. | Added in 1910. | Removed in 1910. | On Register at end of 1910. | ||||
| Milk premises | 362 | 26 | 37 | 351 | 1475 | 8 | — |
| Cowsheds | 28 | — | 2 | 26 | 251 | 1 | — |
| Slaughter-houses | 21 | — | — | 21 | 334 | 4 | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | 1 | — | — | 1 | 17 | — | — |
Preserved Provision Factories.— There were eight of these established
in the Borough at the end of 1910. Inspector Bobbitt made 62
visits to these premises during the year and found all the meat used
sound and free from disease.
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