London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Acton 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Counties from which the Animals were consigned and Percentage

Diseased.

CountyNo. of Towns from which Animals were consignedNo. of Carcases InspectedNo. of Animals DiseasedPercentage of Animals Diseased
Bedfordshire1251248.0%
Berkshire1401127.5%
Bucks4641015.6%
Cambridgeshire3364113.0%
Channel Islands (Guernsey)130-
Cheshire1170
Cork, Ireland12152310.7%
Derbyshire12428.3%
Dorset101,80418510.2%
Essex82,6361023.9%
Gloucestershire12533313.0%
Hampshire181,7091197.0%
Leicestershire11472416.3%
London1822125.6%
Middlesex52404418.3%
Norfolk3601016.7%
Oxford13026.7%
Pembroke128
Somerset74286916.1%
Suffolk122,7881686.0%
Surrey4323216.5%
Sussex2864333.8%
Warwickshire134
Waterford, Ireland130516.7%
Wiltshire3160159.4%
Yorkshire3311445.2%
Total9512,3999347.5%

All the animals slaughtered belong to one firm, and the meat
is converted mostly into sai.sages. The firm gives us every assist-
ance in carrying out the work, and is in no way averse to the
inspection. But the firm does complain, and rightly so, that our