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Enfield 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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to be so suffering, and was slaughtered.
Routine examination of milch cattle was carried out during the
year by Mr. Reginald Wooff, M.R.C.V.S., the County Council's
whole-time Veterinary Inspector; 1,904 inspections of cows were
carried out in Enfield, seven cows were found to be suffering from
tuberculosis and were slaughtered.
THE MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923.
The inspection of premises where Graded Milk is sold has been
carried out as heretofore.
No request was received during the year from the Ministry of
Health for samples of Certified Milk to be taken for analysis to see
that they fulfilled the requirements of the Act, and if they came
up to the standard necessary for Certified Milk.
Meat.
There are no public abattoirs in the District. Quite a large
quantity of meat slaughtered at the Caledonian Market is brought
into the District.

The number of slaughter-houses in the District at the date specified is as follows:—

January.December.
191419341934
Registered . .1086
Licensed744
Total171210

Mr. Fred Wilson, Chief Sanitary Inspector, Mr. H. Wiggett,
Mr. A. J. Williams, Mr. L. Rowley, and Mr. A. Ramsden, Sanitary
Inspectors, who hold the Certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute
as Inspectors of Meat and Foods, visit the slaughter-houses at very
frequent intervals, and, as will be seen by a reference to the Sanitary
Inspector's Report, they paid 1,415 such visits during the year,
when they examined 18,005 carcases, and secured the surrender of
238 carcases and 379 parcels of diseased organs.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
The inspection of slaughterhouses and of animals slaughtered