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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Slaughterhouses:
| Number of Visits | 550 |
| Number of Carcases Inspected:— | |
| Oxen | 116 |
| Bulls | — |
| Cows | 254 |
| Calves | 212 |
| Sheep | 1,554 |
| Lambs | 530 |
| Pigs | 612 |
| Organs condemned and destroyed consequent on slaughterhouse visits | See table facing page 67. |
| Heads and Tongues condemned and destroyed | |
| Number of Samples procured: | |
| (a) Under Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act | 387 |
| (b) Under other Acts, Orders, etc. | 59 (including5 for T.B. only.) |
| (i) Number satisfactory | 52 |
| (ii) Number not satisfactory | 7* |
| *Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples: | |
| (a) Legal proceedings | — |
| (b) Letters sent to Vendors, Bottlers, etc. | 6 |
| (c) Reported to appropriate Government Department, or Local Authority | 5 |
| Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations— | |
| Certificates issued | 84 |
| Visits to Factories | 168 |
| Assistant's Time—Hours | 471 |