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Southgate 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Calves.
1 separate portion affected with Immaturity 56
Sheep Carcases.
3 separate portions affected with Pneumonia .. 12
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, Abscesses 42
54
Pig Carcases.
59 separate portions affected with Tuberculosis 1,021
2 ,, ,, ,, ,, Pneumonia 7
7 ,, ,, ,, ,, Cirrhosis 37
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, Ecchinococcus 3
2 ,, ,, ,, ,, Pleurisy 8
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, Fatty Degeneration
8
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, Swine Erysipelas 90
2 ,, ,, ,, ,, Necrosis 10
1,184
2,851
(25cwts. lqr. 231bs.)
The incidence of disease in the different food animals inspected during the past year as compared with the previous two years is shown in the following table:—
| Animals. | All Diseased Conditions. | Tuberculosis. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slightly Affected. | Extensively Affected. | Slightly Affected. | Extensively Affected. | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Bovines— | ||||||||
| 1933 | 18 | 24.32 | 2 | 2.70 | 7 | 9.45 | 2 | 2.70 |
| 1934 | 15 | 27.77 | 1 | 1.85 | 13 | 24.07 | 1 | 1.85 |
| 1935 | 19 | 22.50 | 4 | 4.76 | 16 | 19.04 | 2 | 2.38 |
| Sheep— | ||||||||
| 1933 | 3 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.02 | — | — | — | — |
| 1934 | 2 | 0.05 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1935 | 4 | 0.10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Calves— | ||||||||
| 1933 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1934 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1935 | — | — | 1 | 0.80 | — | — | — | — |
| Pigs— | ||||||||
| 1933 | 10 | 1.82 | — | — | 3 | 0.53 | — | — |
| 1934 | 9 | 1.32 | — | — | 6 | 0.88 | — | — |
| 1935 | 71 | 3.37 | 4 | 0.19 | 57 | 2.70 | 3 | 0.14 |