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Islington 1914

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

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1914]
It will Be noted that no cows or pigs were killed, which was the result of
the severe measures which had been adopted in previous years with these
animals, which were frequently found to be in a tuberculous condition.

Table: It is difficult to know what is done with them now; no doubt they are taken elsewhere, but certainly they are not killed in Islington.

It is difficult to know what is done with them now; no doubt they are taken elsewhere, but certainly they are not killed in Islington.

Year.Oxen.Cows.Calves.Sheep Lambs.Pigs.Total.
1899*2,436*402*436*43,252*903*47,429*
19003,01966835652,76046457,267
1901†1,507†440†195†23,3241125+25,595†
19022,99649819541,0247244,785
19032,44517314138,0904640,895
19042,360415432,9732535,516
19052,1951712730,6864833,073
19062,172—14330,6681132,994
19072,146414224,380226,374
19081,941—8628,476430,507
1909] ,763610036,481‡—38,350
19101,691—9136,176—37,958
19111,448—7338,009§—39,530
19121,085—4029,310—30,435
1913937—2530,343—31,305
1914965—1025,401—26,376

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* These returns are for 9 months
† The returns are for 6 months.
§ Includes 8 goats.
‡ Includes 2 goats.
There were 27 slaughterhouses on the register which were found to be
usually well-kept, but the licensed one of them, towards the end of the year,
was not renewed because the premises had not been used for a period of over
nine months.
Year by year the slaughtering of animals has become les. and less, consequently
the slaughterhouses have not been fully used. Butchers now deal
largely in meat which has been slaughtered in public abattoirs elsewhere, as
well as in foreign chilled and frozen meat,