London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Poplar 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Slaughterhouses :
Number of Visits297
Number of Carcases Inspected—
Beasts254
Calves328
Sheep787
Lambs452
Pigs525
Organs condemned and destroyed consequent on Slaughterhouse Visits Heads and Tongues condemned and destroyedSee list on page 77.
Number of samplea procured:
(a) Under Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act .425 (6 for an adjoining local authority)
(6) Under Special Orders and Regulations52
(i) Number satisfactory48
(ii) Number not satisfactory4*
Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples:
(a) Legal proceedings
(6) Letters sent to Vendors2
(c) Reported to appropriate Government Department, etc.4
Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations—
Certificates issued10
Visits to Factories10
Assistant's Time—Houers3091/4