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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
Poplar 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Slaughterhouses: | |
| Number of Visits | 314 |
| Number of Carcases Inspected— | |
| Beasts | 223 |
| Calves | 195 |
| Sheep | 850 |
| Lambs | 494 |
| Pigs | 514 |
| 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 | 408 |
| (b) Under Special Orders and Regulations | 53 |
| (i) Number satisfactory | 50 |
| (ii) Number not satisfactory | 3* |
| Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples: | |
| (a) Legal proceedings | - |
| 2 | |
| (c) Reported to appropriate Government Department, etc. | - |
| Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations— | |
| Certificates issued | 10 |
| Visits to Factories | 7 |
| Assistant's Time—Hours | 454½ |
* In one instance a further sample was taken and found satisfactory.