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 Bexley]
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Infectious Disease— | |
---|---|
Cases removed to Isolation Hospitals | 208 |
Houses visited including revisits | 331 |
Rooms disinfected | 311 |
Notices delivered to Educational Authorities, Royal Factories, etc. | 772 |
Houses at which defective sanitary conditions were found and remedied |
4.962 carcases were inspected during the time of or after slaughter as follows:—
Cattle | 147 |
Sheep and Lambs | 957 |
Pigs | 3,621 |
Calves | 237 |
Total | 4,902 |
The following are the details of food condemned
within the district during the year as being unfit for
human consumption:—
Animals Affected. | No. of Entire Carcases. | Condemnations. Parts of Carcases. or Organs. | Weight in lbs. |
---|---|---|---|
Cattle | — | 10 | 136 |
Sheep | — | — | — |
Pigs | 304 | 2,391 | |
Calves | — | 324 | |
Total weight | 2,851 |
Cattle | — | 9 | 92 |
Sheep | 4 | 1 | 81 |
Pigs | 11 | 195 | 1,204 |
Calves | 1 | — | 35 |
Total weight | 1,412 |
3011bs. of Shrimps; 1741bs. of Chilled beef; and 401bs.
of Fish were also condemned.
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