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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
Islington 1903
Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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Table of Diseases or Abnormal Affections detected in Carcases or Individual Organs found in Slaughterhouses.
| No. | Description Animal. | Extent of Disease or Affection. | Nature of Disease. | How disposed of. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cow | Carcase and all internal organs | Tuberculosis (generalised) | Carcase and all organs destroyed |
| 1 | do. | All internal organs (less hearty | do. | Affected organs destroyed |
| 1 | do. | Thin flank, sternum and all internal organs (less heart) | do. | Affected parts and organs destroyed |
| 4 | Cows | Lungs, liver and bronchial lymphatic glands | do. | Affected organs destroyed |
| 16 | do. | Lungs and do. | do. | do. do. |
| 1 | Cow .. | Lungs, liver and diaphragm | do. | do. do. |
| 1 | do. | do., tripe and spleen | do. | do. do. |
| 14 | Cows | Lungs | do. | do. do. |
| 7 | do. | Mediastinal and other bronchial glands | do. | do. do. |
| do. | Livers | do. | do. do. | |
| 1 | Ox | Dorsal, subdorsal and sternocostal glands, lungs, heart and diaphragm | do. | Two fore-quarters & aflected organs destroyed |
| 1 | do. | All internal organs (less heart and liver) | do. | Affected organs destroyed |
| 1 | do. | Lungs, tripe & great omentum | do. | do. do. |
| Oxen | Lungs and bronchial glands | do. | do. do. | |
| 1 | Ox | Great omentum, and slight traces on costal pleura | do. (slight) | do. do. |
| 1 | do. | Spleen and portions of peritoneum adjacent | do. do. | do. do. |
| 1 | do. | Pharyngeal lymphatic glands | do. do. | do. do. |
| 4 | Sheep | Carcase and all internal organs | Found dead, or slaughtered in a moribund condition | Carcases and all organs destroyed |
| 2 | Calves | do. do. | Unwholesome | do. do. |
| 1 | Cow | Head and tongue | Actinomycosis | Affected organs do. |
| 1 | do. | Portion of flank | Bruised | Affected portions do. |
| 1 | Ox | do | do. | do. do. |
| 10 | Cows | Livers | Abscess or Multiple abscesses | Affected organs do. |
| 12 | Oxen | do. | do. do. | do. do. |
| 1 | Ox | Liver and spleen | Congested (result of bruising) | do. do. |
| 4 | Cows | Livers | Parasitic "Dis-toma Hepati-cum" | do. do. |
| 7 | Oxen | do. | do. do. | do. do: |
| 1 | Ox | do. | Cirrhosis | do. do. |
| 1 | Cow | Lungs | Parasitic "Echin-ococcus Veterinorum" | do. do. |
| 1 | Ox | do. | do. do. | do. do. |
| 133 | Sheep | Liver or lungs, or both | do. do. | do. do. |
| 14 | do. | Livers | do. " Distoma Hepaticum" | do. do. |
| 1 | do. | Lungs, heart, head, etc. | Septic inflammation of lungs | do. do. |
| 1 | do. | Liver, lungs and diaphragm | Abscess | do. do. |
| 2 | do. | do. do. heart | do. | do. do. |
| 4 | do. | Lungs | do. | do. do. |
| 7 | do. | Various organs | Various affections | do. do. |