London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Slaughterhouses :
| Number of Visits | 341 |
| Number of Carcases Inspected:— | |
| Oxen | 94 |
| Bulls | 1 |
| Cows | 209 |
| Calves | 232 |
| Sheep | 743 |
| Lambs | 540 |
| Pigs | 628 |
| Organs condemned and destroyed consequent on slaughterhouse visits Heads and Tongues condemned and destroyed | See table facing page 66. |
| Number of samples procured: | |
| (a) Under Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act | 398 |
| (b) Under Special Orders and Regulations | 73 |
| (i) Number satisfactory | 71 |
| (ii) Number not satisfactory .. | 2* |
| *Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples: | |
| (a) Legal proceedings | — |
| (b) Letters sent to Vendors, Bottlers, etc. | 2 |
| (c) Reported to appropriate Local Authority | 1 |
| Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations— | |
| Certificates issued | 5 |
| Visits to Factories | 12 |
| Assistant's Time—Hours | 398½ |