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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Slaughterhouses :

Slaughterhouses :

Number of Visits320
Number of Carcases Inspected:—
Oxen16
Bulls_
Cows256
Calves233
Sheep862
Lambs435
Pigs619
Organs condemned and destroyed consequent on slaughterhouse visitsSee table facing page 67
Heads and Tongues condemned and destroyed
Number of sample procured:
(a) Under Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act376
(b) Under other Acts, Orders, etc.91‡
(i) Number satisfactory84
(ii) Number not satisfactory7
*Action taken in respect of unsatisfactory samples:
(a) Legal proceedings2
(b) Letters sent to Vendors, Bottlers, etc.6
(c) Reported to appropriate Local Authority5
Public Health (Foreign Meat) Regulations—
Certificates issued6
Visits to Factories6
Assistant's Time—Hours406

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‡Including 9 for phosphatase test; 6 for T.B