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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 1918
Sixty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1918]
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The applications received for the past ten years were as follows:—
| 1908 | 64 | 1913 | 32 |
| 1909 | 67 | 1914 | 26 |
| 1910 | 44 | 1915 | 28 |
| 1911 | 52 | 1916 | 21 |
| 1912 | 47 | 1917 | 30 |
Dust Receptacles Provided.—During the year 243 dust receptacles
were provided, while 6 were repaired after the service of sanitary notices.
INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION OF FOOD AND PLACES
WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED.
Food—Inspection of.—Inspector Wilkinson reports that during the
year he has paid 889 visits to the 21 Slaughter Houses now on the register,
and that he has ascertained that 17,871 animals were killed therein, namely:—
1,489 oxen and cows, 15,923 sheep and lambs, 51 pigs and 408 horses for
human consumption. These were mostly found of good quality and free from
disease.
The food destroyed or otherwise disposed of (chiefly for pigs' food) so as to prevent its use for human food was as follows:—
| Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diseased meat and organs from slaughter-houses | 15 | 3 | 7* | |
| Diseased or unsound meat, etc., from other sources | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
| Fish | 2 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
| Bread (mouldy) | 6 | 3 | 14 | |
| Cheese | 15 | 3 | 19 | |
| Tinned Milk | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Butter and Margarine | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Eggs | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Rabbits | 3 | 1 | 19 | |
| Vegetables, etc. | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Chocolates (mouldy) | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Total Tons | 5 | 17 | 1 | 17 |
The total amount of unsound or diseased meat, fish, fruit, and other food
destroyed was 5 ton 17 cwts. 1 qr. 17 lbs. The diseases which affected animal
food are set out in detail on p. 33.
* Of this quantity 1,310 lbs was Tuberculous,