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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

West Ham 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: TABLE II.Table showing Meat found to be Unfit for Human Food, and the Disease or Condition which requiredits Condemnation.BOVINES.

TABLE II.

Table showing Meat found to be Unfit for Human Food, and the Disease or Condition which required

its Condemnation.

BOVINES.

Disease or Condition.Entire Carcases and VisceraHeads.Tongues.Forequarters.Shins.Clods.Stickings.Chucks.Briskets.Ribs.Flanks.Loins.Rumps.Hearts.Lungs.Diaphragms.Stomachs.Omenta.Intestines.Mesenteries.Livers.Pancreas.Spleens.KidnevsKidney Knobs.Mammary Glands.Top Pieces.
Tuberculosis1721621612681228½9822128429321813173100311614416...
Actinomycosis & Actinobacillosis...616.................................1...............1..................
Haematoma1
Emphysema..........................................3....................................
Endocarditis.......................................1.......................................
Distomatosis..........................................7...............191..................
Ecchinococcus Veterinorum Cysts............................................................4..................
Abscesses..........................................1...............32½1...............
Fatty Splenitis..................................................................1............
Cavernous Angioma............................................................35..................
Emaciation.................................................................................
Braises, Fractures Cystic.................................................................................
Cirrhosis............................................................8..................
Oedema.................................................................................
Blood Aspiration.................................................................................
Hepatitis............................................................1..................
Pleurisy..........................................3....................................
Nephritis.....................................................................10.........
Mastitis...........................................................................294...
Totals1722223212681228½9822138579321813173372½3218244310...