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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
Islington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1913] 268
The following list shows the articles destroyed in each quarter of the year:—
| 1st Quarter. | lbs. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diseased meat and organs from slaughterhouses | — | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Unsound fish surrendered | — | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Unsound fruit and vegetables surrendered | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Diseased and unsound meat, &c., from shops | . 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2nd Quarter. | ||||
| Diseased meat and organs from slaughterhouses | — | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Diseased meat and organs from shops | — | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| Unsound fish from shops and stalls | — | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Unsound fruit from stalls | — | — | 2 | 18 |
| Total | — | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 3rd Quarter. | ||||
| Diseased meat and organs from slaughterhouses | — | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Unsound fish from shops and stalls | — | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Unsound fruit from shops | — | — | — | 21 |
| Total | — | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 4th Quarter. | ||||
| Diseased meat and organs from slaughterhouses | — | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Diseased meat and organs from shops | — | — | 10 | |
| Unsound fish from shops | — | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Unsound fruit from shops and stalls | — | — | 20 | |
| Unsound eggs from baker's shop | — | — | — | 10 |
| Unsound condensed milk | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Unsound meat and fish paste | — | — | 3 | 14 |
| Total | — | 7 | 3 | 19 |
Slaughterhouses —There are now only 27 slaughterhouses in the
borough, which, on inspection, were found to have been well kept, although
in one or two instances there has been some laxity in complying with the bylaws
relating to limewashing. Slaughterhouses are becoming a diminishing