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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 1927
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| CAUSE OF SEIZURI . | Carcases of Beef. | Quarters of Beef. | Carcases of Mutton. | Quarters of Mutton. | Carcases of Veal. | Quarters ofVeal. | Carcases of Pork. | Quarters of Pork. | Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Kidneys. | Livers. | Plucks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 6 | 3 | 93 | — | 12 | 6 | 105 | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Pleurisy and Peritonitis. | 2 | — | 3 | — | 4 | — | 125 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pseudo-leukaemia | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pyaemia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Rachitis | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sarcoma | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sarcosporidia | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis Bov. | 12 | 19 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 63 | 49 | 4 | 6 | 22 | — |
| Tuberculosis Pore. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 403 | 4292 | — | — | — | — | 2101 | |
| Totals, 1927 | 22 | 97 | 4 | 642 | 16 | 4367 | 65 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 2101 | |||
| Totals, 1926 | 7 | 3 | 176 | 4 | 18 | — | 353 | 7 | 1691 | 37 | 80 | 1 | 83 | — |
Argentina.—It will be observed from the Board of Trade's figures that 577,916 tons of
beef, 76,824 tons of mutton and lamb, and 2,233 tons of pork were imported from Argentina.
Of those quantities 201,064 tons or 34.8 per cent. of the beef, 21,155 tons or 27.5 per cent.
of the mutton and lamb, and 1,190 tons or 53.3 per cent. of the pork passed through Smithfield
Market. Compared with 1926, there was an increase of 9,498 tons of beef, and a decrease
of 831 tons of mutton and lamb imported. For a period of the year under review the quality
of the beef which arrived was scarcely up to the usual high standard, and lately some of the
mutton was not of a very high quality.
| Disease. | Quarters of Beef. | Carcases of Mutton. | Quarters of Mutton. | Pig Carcases. | ||||
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Australia.—Eight-and-a-half per cent. of the beef, fifty-nine per cent. of the mutton
and lamb, with 192 tons of the pork imported from Australia, passed through Smithfield
Markets. Two consignments of chilled beef were received, the last was perhaps the most
successful of the few attempts that have been made to bring chilled beef from Australia.
There seems to be a diversity of opinion as to whether, under present conditions, it will pay
to bring this class of meat over so long a distance. If this can be done it appears to be worth
trying, judging by the great demand for chilled beef and the continued diminution in numbers
of retailers who ask for frozen beef. For example, in 1925 the number of quarters of frozen
beef imported from all countries was approximately 2,174,000, and in 1927 the number had
fallen to 992,432, much of which went for contract supplies. Those figures will doubtless
give food for thought on the part of Australian shippers. There were considerable quantities
of poor quality lamb from this country placed on the market during the year. From
a meat inspection point of view the meat imported was satisfactory, although there is an
increase in the number of sheep carcases found to contain lesions of Caseous Lymphadenitis.
country. As will be seen from the following table, there has been an increase in the
amount of diseased Argentine meat observed in the Central Markets :—
Disease.
Quarters of Beef.
Carcases of Mutton.
Quarters of Mutton.
Pig Carcases.
1926
1927
1926
1927
1926
1927
1926
1927
Abscesses
12
15
—
3
—
—
69
95
Caseous Lymphadenitis
—
—
267
475
—
48
—
—
Injury
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
Nephritis (Acute)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
Pleurisy (Acute)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
Pseudo-leukaemia
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
Tuberculosis (Hinds)
142
172
—
—
—
—
—
—
Tuberculosis (Fores)
25
41
—
—
—
—
—
—
Totals
179
229
267
480
—
48
69
97