Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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The amount of unsound food discovered in these consignments is given in tables Nos. 14 and 15 and the diseased meat figures in the following table:—
Beef. Quarters. | Mutton. Carcases. | Mutton. Pieces. | Pork. Carcases. | Pork. Sides. | Bacon. Sides. 1936. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1935. | 1936. | 1935. | 1936. | 1935. | 1936. | 1935. | 1936. | 1936. | 1936. | ||
Abscess | 2 | 2 | 46 | 63 | — | — | 60 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Adenitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Caseous Lymphadenitis | — | 127 | 147 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Cysticercus Ovis | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fatty Condition | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — |
Fevered Condition | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Hemorrhagic | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
—Lymphadenitis | . — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nephritis | . — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Parasitic Disease | . — | — | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pleurisy | . — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 22 | — | 34 | 2 | — |
Tuberculosis | . 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 48 | 3 | 57 | — | — |
Tumour | . — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Uraemia | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Totals | . 8 | 6 | 190 | 236 | 3 | 4 | 139 | 22 | 94 | 4 | 3 |
Beef and Veal. | Mutton and Lamb. | Pork. | Poultry and Game. |
---|---|---|---|
6,941 | 882 | 5 | 21 |
The amounts of unsound food is shown in tables Nos. 14 and 15 and the diseased is shown in the following table:—
Beef Quarters. | Mutton. Carcases. | Mutton. Pieces. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1935. | 1936. | 1936. | 1936. | 1935. | 1936. | |
Abscess | 2 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - |
Caseous Lymphadenitis Tuberculosis | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 2 |
Tumour | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | _ | 2 |
Mutton. Carcases. | Mutton. Pieces. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1935. | 1936. | 1935. | 1936. | ||||
Abscess | 4 | 3 | _ | _ | |||
Caseous Lymphadenitis | 15 | 12 | — | 32 | |||
Hydraemia | — | 1 | — | — | |||
Totals | 19 | 16 | _ | 32 |
Beef. Quarters. | Mutton. Carcases. | Mutton. Pieces. | Pork. Carcases. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1935. | 1936. | 1935. | 1936. | 1935. | 19S6. | 1935. | 1936. | ||||||
Abscess | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | l | — | |||||
Caseous Lymphadenitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Cysticercus Bovis | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Injury | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Parasitic Disease | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Tuberculosis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Totals | 17 | 9 | 1 | _ | _ | 1 |
Beef and Veal. | Mutton and Lamb. | Eggs. | Butter and Cheese. |
---|---|---|---|
2,957 | 10 | 19 | 5 |
The following tables show the amounts of diseased meat for the respective countries:—
Beef. Quarters. | Beef. Quarters. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1935. | 1936. | 1935. | 1936. | ||||||
Abscess | 2 | 2 | Abscess | 11 | 4 | ||||
— | — | Peritonitis | l | 1 | |||||
Totals | 2 | 2 | Pleurisy | — | 1 | ||||
Tuberculosis | 4 | 1 | |||||||
- | - | ||||||||
Totals | 16 | 7 |