Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Slaughterhouses: | |
Number of Visits | 314 |
Number of Carcases Inspected— | |
Beasts | 223 |
Calves | 195 |
Sheep | 850 |
Lambs | 494 |
Pigs | 514 |
Organs condemned and destroyed conse quent on Slaughterhouse Visits | See list on page 75. |
Heads and Tongues condemned and destroyed | |
Number of samples procured: | |
(a) Under Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act | 408 |
(b) Under Special Orders and Regulations | 53 |
(i) Number satisfactory | 50 |
(ii) Number not satisfactory | 3* |
Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples: | |
(a) Legal proceedings | - |
2 | |
(c) Reported to appropriate Government Department, etc. | - |
Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations— | |
Certificates issued | 10 |
Visits to Factories | 7 |
Assistant's Time—Hours | 454½ |
* In one instance a further sample was taken and found satisfactory.