Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |