Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1895
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On the same date a farmer of Hendra,
Bodmin, Cornwall, was summoned at the Guildhall
Justice Room for sending the carcase of a
diseased sheep, labelled "cat's meat," to the
Central Market. The Magistrate dismissed
the case, on the ground there was no proof
the meat was intended for human food.
On the 13th March, a farmer, of Manor
Farm, Galhampton, Somerset, was summoned
at the Guildhall Justice Room, for sending four
quarters of diseased cow-beef to the Central
Meat Market, and was convicted and fined
£40, and £5 costs, or one month's imprisonment.
On the 13th March a small farmer, of Tunstall,
Suffolk, was summoned at the Guildhall
Justice Room, for sending twelve pieces of
diseased sow-pork to the Central Meat Market,
and was convicted and fined £10, and £3 costs,
or one month's imprisonment.
On the 10th April, a farmer, residing at
Dean Hill Farm, near Salisbury, was summoned
at the Guildhall Justice Room for sending the