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Islington 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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55 [1925
Offensive Trades include 4 tripe dressers, 3 gut scrapers, and the knackers'
vard which received a total of 48 visits. The Inspector reports that he found the
conduct of the business carried on in them satisfactory.
Tabulation of meat and organs diseased as found in slaughter-houses during the year 1925:
| No. of Cases. | Description of Animal Affected. | Nature of Disease. | Extent of Disease. | How disposed of. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ox | Tuberculosis | Head and Throat Glands | Council's Destructor. | |
| Heifer | Tuberculosis | Lungs, Tripe, Trimmings | „ „ | |
| Heifer | Tuberculosis | Lungs and Mesentery | „ „ | |
| Ox | Actinomycosis | Heat, Tongue and Tripe | „ „ | |
| Same Ox | Acute Congestion | Lungs and Liver | „ „ | |
| Pigs | Acute Congestion | Lungs | „ „ | |
| Oxon, or | ||||
| Heifers | Parasitic (Dis. Hep.) | Liver | „ „ | |
| „ „ | Abscess (simple or | |||
| multiple | Liver | „ „ | ||
| Sheep | Parasitic (Dis. Hep.) | Liver | Destroyed premises | |
| Lambs | Parasitic (Ech. Vet.) | Liver | „ „ |
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON.
Public Health Department.
The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924*, came into operation on the
first day of April, 1925. These Regulations include the following:
MEAT means the flesh of cattle, swine, sheep, or goats, including bacon and ham and
edible offal and fat, which is sold or intended for sale for human consumption.
STALL includes any stall barrow or vehicle from which meat is offered for sale in a
street or other open space or in any market place.
ROOM includes a shop cellar passage or other space forming the whole or part of a
building.
STALLS.
A person selling meat or exposing or offering meat for sale from any stall-
(a) shall keep his name and address legibly painted or inscribed on such stall in
some conspicuous position;
(b) shall cause such stall (if not placed in an enclosed and covered market place)
to be suitably covered over and to be screened at the sides and back thereof
in such a manner as to prevent mud, filth or other contaminating substance
being splashed or blown from the ground upon any meat on the stall;
(c) shall cause every counter, slab, vessel or other article on or in which meat is
placed for sale and all knives and other implements used in connection with
the meat to be thoroughly cleansed after use and to be kept at all times in a
cleanly condition;
(d) shall take all such steps as may be reasonably necessary to guard against the
contamination of meat by flies;
(e) shall not place or cause to be placed any meat on, or within eighteen inches
of the ground or floor, unless the meat is placed in a closed cupboard or
other adequately protected space not less than nine inches from the ground
or floor;
(f) shall cause all trimmings, refuse and rubbish to be placed in properly covered
receptacles kept for the purpose apart from any meat intended for sale.
"Copies of the full Regulations, price 2d., may be obtained on application at the Public
Health Department.