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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
Hackney 1909
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1909
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was found not to be provided with a gutter to carry off
the rain. This was subsequently remedied. The condition of
all the remaining slaughter-houses was satisfactory to the Committee
at the time of inspection. During his visits to the
slaughter-houses, Inspector Bobbitt reports that he examined
the carcases of 263 oxen, 2150 sheep and lambs, and 18 pigs.
He found the following parts diseased
2 fore quarters with heart and lungs of an ox affected
with tuberculosis.
1 carcase of a sheep with all its organs, which had been
improperly bled.
7 ox livers affected with Distomatosis.
11 sheep „ „ „
17 „ „ „ Parasitic Cysts.
11 sheep lungs „ Inflammation.
The following statement gives particulars as to the milk-places, cowsheds, slaughter-houses, and offensive trades in the Borough:—.
| Premises. | Number of Places. | Number of Inspections, 1909. | Number of Notices, 1909. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1908. | Added in 1909. | Removed in 1909. | On Register at end of 1909. | ||||
| Milk premises | 362 | 27 | 27 | 362 | 1218 | 7 | — |
| Cowsheds | 30 | — | 1 | 29 | 269 | — | |
| Slaughter-houses | 24 | — | 2 | 22 | 393 | 3 | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | 1 | — | — | 1 | 16 | — | — |
Preserved Provision Factories.—There are 8 of these premises
in the Borough. Inspector Bobbitt reports that he made