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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Pig Carcases.
337 separate portions affected with Tuberculosis 3,753
1 ,, portion ,, ,, Dropsy and
Emaciation 96
14 ,, portions ,, ,, Cirrhosis 87
1 ,, portion ,, ,, Localised Septicaemia
34
5 ,, portions ,, ,, Swine Erysipelas 451
1 ,, portion ,, ,, Fatty Degeneration
2
4,423
5,513
(49 cwts. 25 1bs.)
The incidence of disease in the different food animals inspected during the past year as compared with the previous three years, is shown in the following table:—
| Animals. | All Diseased Conditions. | Tuberculosis. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slightly Affected. | Extensively Affected. | Slightly Affected. | Extensively Affected. | |||||
| No. | °/ /o | No. | 0/ /o | No. | 0/ /o | No. | % | |
| 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 |
| 1936 | 17 | 21.79 | 5 | 6.41 | 14 | 17.91 | 5 | 6.41 |
| 1937 | 18 | 7.08 | 2 | 0.83 | 17 | 7.08 | 2 | 0.83 |
| 1934 | 2 | 0.05 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1935 | 4 | 0.10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1936 | 8 | 0.10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1937 | 6 | 0.08 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1934 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1935 | — | — | 1 | 0.80 | — | — | — | — |
| 1936 | — | — | 1 | 0.26 | — | — | — | — |
| 1937 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1934 | 9 | 1.32 | — | — | 6 | 0.88 | — | — |
| 1935 | 71 | 3.37 | 4 | 0.19 | 57 | 2.70 | 3 | 0.14 |
| 1936 | 331 | 3.27 | 14 | 0.13 | 287 | 2.85 | 7 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 345 | 2.25 | 14 | 0.09 | 331 | 2.15 | 6 | 0.03 |