Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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No underground Slaughter-house is sanctioned.
The following is a summary of the Slaughter-houses with a view of the average number of animals of different kinds slaughtered weekly.
No. of Slaughter Houses. | No. of Bullocks | No.of Calves. | No. of Sheep | No. of Pigs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
54 | |||||
It is probable that these numbers are exceeded in
practice; and that the greater portion of the animals
are slaughtered in the summer months.
The following is a summary of the Sanitary works as applied to the improvement of dwellings, ordered and executed.
No. of Houses or Premises Visited | Cleaning and Lime-washing | Paving Yards. | Repairing and Trapping Drains | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ordered. | executed. | ordered. | executed. | ordered. | executed. | |||