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Poplar 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Slaughterhouses
Number of Visits
303[/##]
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Number of Carcases Inspected—
Beasts
253
Calves
278
Sheep .. .. .. .. ..
663
Lambs
455
Pigs
548
Goat
1
Organs condemned and destroyed consequent
on Slaughterhouse Visits
| See list on page 70.
Heads and Tongues condemned and
destroyed
Number of samples procured:
(a) Under Food and Drugs (Adulteration)
Act
382
(6) Under Special Orders and Regulations
81
(i) Number satisfactory
70
(ii) Number not satisfactory
11
Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory
samples:
(a) Legal proceedings
(6) Letters sent to Vendors
8
(c) Reported to appropriate Government
Department, etc.
—
Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations—
Certificates issued
3
Visits to Factories
8
Assistant's Time—Hours
321¼