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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 1902
Forty-seventh annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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It therefore becomes a somewhat delicate matter in such cases to maintain a firm standard of duty and still retain the confidence of the sufferers, which is of the utmost importance.
| No. | Description of Carcase. | Extent of Disease or Affection. | Nature of Disease. | How disposed of. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Cows | Entire carcase and organs .. | Generalised tuberculosis | Carcase and organs destroyed |
| 3 | Sheep | do do. | Emaciated and dropsical | do. do. |
| 2 | do. | do. do. | Asphyxia | do. do. |
| 1 | Cow | Sternum and all internal organs | Tuberculosis | Sternum and all internal organs destroyed |
| 1 | do. | Sternum, lungs and liver | do. | Sternum, lungs and liver destroyed |
| 1 | do. | Sternum and lungs | do. | Sternum and lungs destroyed |
| 1 | Pig | Lungs, liver, pharyngeal, mediastinal and one cervical lymphatic glands | do. | Head, portions of fore quarters, lungs and liver destroyed |
| 4 | Cows | Liver, lungs, tripe and spleen | do. | Affected organs destroyed |
| 2 | do. | Liver, lungs and spleen | do. | do. do. |
| 1 | do. | Liver, spleen and tripe | do. | do. do. |
| 13 | do. | Liver, lungs, mediastinal and bronchial glands | do. | do. do. |
| 49 | do. | Lungs, mediastinal and bronchial glands | do. | do. do. |
| 4 | Oxen | do. do. | do. | do. do. |
| 2 | Cows | Liver and adjacent membranes | do. | do. do. |
| 1 | Bull | Liver, spleen and adjacent membranes | do. | do, do. |
| 1 | do. | Lungs | do. (slight) | do. do. |
| 1 | Cow | Lungs and mesenteric glands | do. | do. do. |
| 3 | Cows | Mediastinal and bronchial glands | do. | do. do. |
| 2 | do. | Costal pleura | do. (slight) | Membranes stripped |
| 1 | Ox | Great omentum | do. do. | Affected parts destroyed |
| 19 | Oxen | Liver | Abscess | Livers destroyed |
| 15 | Cows | do. | do. | do. |
| 14 | do. | do. | Parasitic disease .. | do. |
| 12 | Oxen | do. | do. | do. |
| 1 | Cow | Tripe and liver | Gastric derangement | Tripe and liver destroyed |
| 1 | do. | Lungs and liver | Parasitic disease.. | Lungs and liver destroyed. |
| 2 | Cows | Lungs and heart | Inflammation and pericarditis | Lungs and heart destroyed |
| 4 | do. | Lungs | Parasitic disease.. | Lungs destroyed. |
| 1 | Ox | do. | do, | do. |
| 1 | Cow | do. | Inflammation | do. |
| 1 | do. | Hind quarter and portion of other hind quarter | Bruised | Bruised parts destroyed |
| 2 | Cows | Portion of flanks | Peritonitis | Affected parts destroyed |
| 135 | Sheep | Liver or lungs or both | Parasitic disease (various) | Affected organs destroyed |
| 1 | Calf | Lungs | Parasitic | do. do. |
| 307 |