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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Slaughterhouses : | |
| Number of Visits | 297 |
| Number of Carcases Inspected— | |
| Beasts | 254 |
| Calves | 328 |
| Sheep | 787 |
| Lambs | 452 |
| Pigs | 525 |
| Organs condemned and destroyed consequent on Slaughterhouse Visits Heads and Tongues condemned and destroyed | See list on page 77. |
| Number of samplea procured: | |
| 425 (6 for an adjoining local authority) | |
| (6) Under Special Orders and Regulations | 52 |
| (i) Number satisfactory | 48 |
| (ii) Number not satisfactory | 4* |
| Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples: | |
| (a) Legal proceedings | — |
| (6) Letters sent to Vendors | 2 |
| (c) Reported to appropriate Government Department, etc. | 4 |
| Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations— | |
| Certificates issued | 10 |
| Visits to Factories | 10 |
| Assistant's Time—Houers | 3091/4 |