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 | 314 | |
Number of Carcases Inspected:— | ||
Oxen | 60 | |
Bulls | — | |
Cows | 207 | |
Calves | 230 | |
Sheep | 620 | |
Lambs | 432 | |
Pigs | 613 | |
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 | 382 | |
(6) Under other Acts, Orders, etc. | 108‡ | |
(i) Number satisfactory | 92 | |
(ii) Number not satisfactory | 16* | (including 3 phosphatase tests.) |
*Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples: | ||
(a) Legal proceedings | — | |
(6) Letters sent to Vendors, Bottlers, etc. | 12 | |
(c) Reported to appropriate Local Authority | 7 | |
Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations— | ||
Certificates issued | 4 | |
Visits to Factories | 9 | |
Assistant's Time—Hours | 480 |
‡Including 11 for phosphatase test; 6 for T.B.; and 3 for the purposes of the
Pharmacy and Poisons Act.