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Poplar 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Meat Inspection.
(1.) Retail Meat.
The Meat and Food Inspectors, during the course of their inspections of retail butcher's shops, find that the general condition of meat which is exposed for sale is satisfactory.
A very large proportion of the meat sold in the Borough is imported. The bulk of the remainder is slaughtered either in this Borough or in adjoining Boroughs, and a small proportion
of home-killed meat is obtained from Smithfield Market.
Cleanliness, storage, marking, etc., are satisfactory, as the provisions of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations and the Meat Marking Order made under the Merchandise Marks Act
are rigidly enforced, copies of the latter being supplied to the retailers.
Number of inspections of retail butchers' shops and meat and offal stalls 3,751
N umber of cases in which meat has been found unsound 1
(2.) Ante-Mortem Inspection—Nil.
There is no central abattoir in the Borough where a Veterinary Superintendent is employed. The slaughterhouses are visited regularly by the London County Council Veterinary
Surgeon.
(3.) Post-Mortem Inspection at Slaughterhouses.
| Class of Animal. | Total Killings. | Number Inspected. | CONDEMNATIONS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis. | Other Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Entire Carcases. | Parts of Carcases. | Organs, etc. | Entire Carcases. | Parts of Carcases. | Organs, etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lungs. | Livers. | Mesenteries. | Omenta. | Pancreas. | Spleens. | Tripes. | Hearts. | Kidneys. | Intestines. | Udders. | Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Livers. | Mesenteries. | Omenta. | Pancreas. | Spleens. | Tripes. | Hearts. | Kidneys. | Intestines. | Udders. | Heads. | Tongues. | |||||||
| Cattle | 256 | 256 | — | — | 35 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 15 | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 7 |
| Cows | 397 | 397 | 6 | 6 | 130 | 30 | 57 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 52 | — | 5 | 38 | 44 | 3 | 20 | — | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
| Calves | 463 | 463 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sheep and Lambs | 3,460 | 3,460 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 526 | 179 | — | — | — | 5 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pigs | 1,235 | 1,235 | — | 5 | 30 | 19 | 79 | 8 | — | 9 | — | 17 | — | — | — | 49 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 222 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |