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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

Hammersmith 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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slaughter, has enabled arrangements to be made for the
inspection of all carcases of animals slaughtered in the
local slaughterhouses.
I append the number of animals slaughtered and
examined in the slaughterhouses during the year.
Lambs 284
Sheep 218
Calves 6
Beasts 7
Pigs 354
Total 869
No application has been received for the stamping of
carcases examined by the Sanitary Inspectors.

Table: The following is a list of Unsound Food found during the Inspection of the Carcases of Animals Slaughtered in the Local Slaughterhouse*.

The following is a list of Unsound Food found during the Inspection of the Carcases of Animals Slaughtered in the Local Slaughterhouse*.

Description.Disease.Approximate Weight.
Inspector Rigby
3 sets Pigs' lungsCongestion5 lbs.
Inspector Mason
1 Ox liverCirrhosis16 lbs.
1 Pig's liver,,3 „
2 sets Pigs' lungsCongestion4 ,,
Inspector Godden
1 Heifer's liverDistoma Hepaticum20 lbs.
2 Heifers' lungsTuberculosis28 „
5 Lambs' liversDistoma Hepaticum10
2 Lambs' lungsStronguli .2 „
Pig's loinsHæmorrhage7 „
1 Pig's headTuberculosis6 „
1 Pig's spleenEnlarged½ "
1 Pig's liverHæmorrhage2 „
5 Pigs' liversMilk Spots10 „
4 Pigs' mesenteriesTuberculosis4 „
10 Pigs' lungsCongestion20 „
1 Pig's pluckTuberculosis4½