Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
This page requires JavaScript
The following table shows the number of quarters of beef dealt with, and the results:—
Number of forequarters of beef | 25,755 |
Number in which parasitic nodules were found | 0 |
Number of hindquarters of beef | 44,734 |
Number in which nodules were found | 8,090 |
Average percentage in which nodules were found | 18 |
Highest percentage found in one consignment | 40.4 |
Lowest do. do. do. | 5 |
Number of buttocks . | 1,371 |
Do. do. in which nodules were found | 364 |
Average percentage in which nodules were found | 22 |