London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
| Slaughterhouses: | |
| Number of Visits | 397 |
| Number of Carcases Inspected— | |
| Beasts | 258 |
| Calves | 158 |
| Sheep | 954 |
| Lambs | 511 |
| Pigs | 490 |
| Organs condemned and destroyed conse quent on slaughterhouse visits | see list on page 75. |
| Heads and Tongues condemned and destroyed | |
| Number of Samples procured: | |
| (a) Under Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act | 390 |
| 28 | |
| (i) Number satisfactory | 23 |
| (ii) Number not satisfactory | 5 |
| Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples: | |
| (a) Legal proceedings | - |
| (b) Letters sent to Vendors | 2 |
| (c) Reported to appropriate Government Department, etc. | 4 |
| Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations— | |
| Certificates issued | 117 |
| Visits to Factories | 136 |
| Assistant's Time—Hours | 575¼ |