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Bethnal Green 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
During the year 1930 regular visits were made to
the slaughterhouses for the purpose of inspecting animals
before slaughter and their carcases and offal after
slaughter.
The number of animals killed was as follows:—
| Sheep | 235 |
| Lambs | 63 |
| Pigs | 78 |
| Total | 376 |
The slaughterhouses are not being used to the same
extent as formerly owing to the continued high price
of English and Scottish cattle. Fewer sheep and pigs
have also been killed this year. All were in good condition
and only a very small quantity of offal was
condemned, viz.:—
1 Sheep's Liver Abscess.
1 Pig's Head Tubercular.
Slaughterers of Poultry.
There are 8 slaughterhouses for poultry in use,
all of them situated in the West ward of the Borough:
109 visits were paid to them during the year. There
are also premises on which poultry is kept prior to
slaughter, and to which the by-laws would apply.
Premises on which slaughtering of poultry is
carried on:—
147, 151, 159 and 267, Brick Lane, 107, Bethnal
Green Road, 80, Virginia Road, 71, Church Street and
36, Hare Street.