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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
Southgate 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Weight in lbs.
| 9 separate portions affected with Tuberculosis | 1,028 | |
| 3 ,, ,, ,, ,, Distoma | 40 | |
| 3 ,, ,, ,, ,, Cirrhosis | 56 | |
| 1 ,, ,, ,, ,, Multiple Abscesses | 20 | |
| 1,144 | ||
| 1 Separate portion affected with Emaciation | 64 | |
| 1 ,, ,, ,, ,, Distoma | 2 | |
| 1 ,, ,, ,, ,, Pneumonia | 3 | |
| 69 | ||
| 3 separate portions affected with Tuberculosis | 25 | |
| 3 ,, ,, ,, ,, Pneumonia | 12 | |
| 2 ,, ,, ,, ,, Bruising | 21 | |
| 2 ,, ,, ,, ,, Cirrhosis | 5 | |
| 63 | ||
| Total weight of unsound meat dealt with | 1,276 | |
| (11cwts. 1qr. 161bs.) | ||
The incidence of disease in the different food animals inspected during the past year as compared with the previous year is shown in the following table :—
| Animals. | All Diseased Conditions. | Tuberculosis. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slightly Affected. | Extensively Affected. | Slightly Affected. | Extensively Affected. | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 1932 | 4 | 7.84 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1933 | 18 | 24.32 | 2 | 2.70 | 7 | 9.45 | 2 | 2.70 |
| . | ||||||||
| 1932 | 2 | 0.06 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1933 | 3 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.02 | – | – | – | – |
| 1932 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1933 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1932 | 9 | 2.80 | – | – | 6 | 1.86 | – | – |
| 1933 | 10 | 1.82 | – | – | 3 | 0.53 | – | – |
Other Foods.—The bakehouses, fish, fruit and grocers' shops
in the district are kept under observation.
Three tins of prawns and 11 stone 31bs. of crabs were voluntarily
surrendered during the year.
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