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on account of various affections in the carcase or some individual organ thereof, mainly of a
parasitic nature, particulars of which are fully set forth in the following table:—
No.
Description
of
nimals.
Extent of Disease
or Affection.
Nature
of
Diseate.
How disposed of.
1
Ox
Lungs, heart, mediastinal and
mesenteric glands and slight
on pleura
Tuberculosis
Diseased organs destroyed
and affected membranes
carefully stripped
1
do.
Lungs and co tal pleura
do.
Affected organs destroyed
2
Oxen
Lungs and mediastinal glands
do.
do. do.
1
Cow
do. do.
do. (slight)
do. do.
1
do.
Lungs
do. do.
do. do.
1
Calf
Carcase and all o' gans
do. (generalized)
Carcase and affected organs
destroyed
1
Sheep
Head, pluck and portion ot
carcase
Acute
tion of lung
Affected parts and organs
destroyed
1
do.
Peritoneal covering of flanks
Inflammatory exudation
do. do.
1
Ox
Tongue, surrounding glands
and tissues
Actinomycosis ..
do. do.
8
Oxen
Livers
Simple or multiple
abscess
do. do.
1
Ox
Liver
Cirrhosis
do. do.
13
Oxen
Livers and one lung
Parasitic "Dis.
Hepaticum."
do. do.
1
Ox
Kidney and surrounding fat
and tissues
Abscess
do. do.
1
Sheep
Breast, lungs and heart
Cancerous growth
do do.
52
do.
Livers
Parasitic "Ech.
Veterinorum."
do. do.
18
do.
Livers and lungs
do. do.
do. do.
10
do.
Lungs
do. do.
do. do.
26
do.
Livers
" Distoma Hepaticum
"
do. do.
5
do.
Various organs
Various abnormal
growths
do. do.
The butchers' shops and stalls, and various premises where meat and other foodstuffs are
sold or prepared for sale have been visited regularly and frequently, some 4,690 visits to
these having been recorded during the year, and, although it cannot be said that the entire
meat supply of the Borough is equal in quality to the average of that found in the private
slaughter-houses which I have already referred to, yet there is a marked absence of plain
innutritious meat, such as the carcases of poorly fed old cows and bulls, which usually are
found in the market-places of most towns.
The general meat supply includes the best English and Scotch productions killed in the
private slaughter-houses : Deptford Killed meat imported alive from the United States and
Canada; Birkenhead killed from the same sources; United States and The Argentina chilled
beef; Dutch, Danish, German, &c., fresh killed meats, and frozen meats from New Zealand,
Australia, South America, &c., &c.
There are only small quantities of meat brought direct from country slaughter-houses to
shops within the Borough, and this as far as possible receives special attention