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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
Camberwell 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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The practice in connection with these inspections is to
observe the recommendations of the Ministry of Health set out
in a memorandum issued in 1922.
The following table gives particulars of the organs condemned:—
Slaughterhouses. Organs Condemned.
| Cause of destruction. | Carcase including Organs. | Fore-quarters. | Hind-quarters. | Head. | Tongue. | Lungs. | Heart. | Liver. | Stomach. | Spleen. | Mesenteries. | Intestines. | Kidneys. | Udder. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle. | ||||||||||||||
| Nil | Tuberculosis | 1½ | 1 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – |
| Abscess | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Actinomycosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Fluke | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Parasitic Disease | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Sheep. | ||||||||||||||
| Cirrhosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Parasitic Disease | „ | – | – | – | – | 91 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Fluke | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Inflammation | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pigs. | ||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis | – | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Inflammation | „ | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cirrhosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Parasitic Disease | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Calves. | ||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis | „ | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
The total amount of the diseased meat condemned amounted
to 10 cwt. 3 qrs. 2½ 1bs. All meat condemned is taken as soon
as practicable to the Council's Depot, Peckham Park Road.
The amount of time devoted by the Inspectors to this section
of the work is amply justified by the results.
By-laws prescribing humane slaughtering came into operation
in London during 1924. The Council's Inspectors at their visits
satisfy themselves that these methods of slaughtering are applied.
No application to authorise the use of a distinctive mark of
approvod design in connection with meat inspected was made to
the Local Authority during the year.
Butchers' Shops, Stalls, etc.
The Regulations prescribed for the protection of meat from
contamination were carried out without the necessity of having