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Willesden 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
There are 9 slaughter houses in the district, 4 being registered
and 5 licensed. At four of the premises no bullocks have been killed
for some years and only a few sheep weekly. At the other five there
are killed regularly both bullocks and sheep. The premises are visited
frequently while the killing is in progress, and during the year the
following carcases and organs were seized as diseased, and destroyed
as being unfit for food.
Two of the seizures took place on the shop premises of butchers unprovided with private slaughter houses.
| Date. l | Premises. 2 | Carcase. 3 | Organs. 4 | Disease. 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 15 | Slaughter house | Heifer. | All visceral and abdominal organs | Generalized tuberculosis. |
| April 3 | Do. | ... | Liver | Pyaemic abscess. |
| May 9 | Do. | ... | Set of lungs | Do. do. |
| Liver | Flukes. | |||
| June 6 | Do. | ... | Liver | Do. |
| June 21 | Do. | ... | Do | Pyaemic abscess. |
| July | Do. | ... | Do | Flukes. |
| July 4 | Do. | ... | Set of lungs | Do. |
| July 23 | Do. | Bullock | All visceral and abdominal organs | Purulent nephritis Septicaemia. |
| Sept. 25 | Butcher's shop | 5 lbs. meat | ... | Unsound. |
| Oct. 13 | Do. | Cow | Liver and head | Generalized tuberculosis. |