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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
Poplar 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Slaughterhouses : | |
| Number of Visits .. | 381 |
| Number of Carcases Inspected— | |
| Beasts | 260 |
| Calves | 314 |
| Sheep | 1,245 |
| Lambs | 445 |
| Pigs | 546 |
| Organs condemned and destroyed consequent on slaughterhouse visits Heads and Tongues condemned and destroyed | jSee list on page 77. |
| Number of Samples procured: | |
| (a) Under Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act | 394 |
| (b) Under Special Orders and Regulations— | 26 |
| (i) Number satisfactory | 26 |
| (ii) Number not sati factory | - |
| Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples: | |
| (a) Legal proceedings | — |
| (6) Letters sent to Vendors | — |
| (c) Reported to appropriate Government Department, etc. | - |
| Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations— | |
| Certificates issued | 105 |
| Visits to Factories | 130 |
| Assistant's Time—Hours | 2791/2 |