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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
City of London 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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They are to take care that no diseased meat is
sold, salted, or smoked, or made into sausages.
They are to note the condition of the animal
before slaughtering, and of the carcass after
slaughtering; and rules are given for the principal
matters to be noted.
The following are the diseases which render the
meat of an animal more or less unfit for food:—
A.—Among Epizootic and Contagious Diseases.
Carbuncle.
The cattle plague.
Gangrenous pneumonia.
The hoof disease among horned cattle,
sheep, and pigs.
Erysipelatous fever among all species of
animals.
Glanders among horses (horse flesh is
eaten).
Dysentery.
Parasytic diseases of horned cattle.
Hydrophobia among all species of animals.
B.—Among Sporadic Maladies.
All species of dropsy.
All inflammations which result in gangrene.