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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 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: The following table shows the number of quarters of beef dealt with, and the results:—

The following table shows the number of quarters of beef dealt with, and the results:—

Number of forequarters of beef25,755
Number in which parasitic nodules were found0
Number of hindquarters of beef44,734
Number in which nodules were found8,090
Average percentage in which nodules were found18
Highest percentage found in one consignment40.4
Lowest do. do. do.5
Number of buttocks .1,371
Do. do. in which nodules were found364
Average percentage in which nodules were found22