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 | 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.