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Barking 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Where all premises engaged in the preparation, storage, sale or
distribution of food are compulsorily registered throughout the
country, controlled by regulations, and provision made for
de-registration, a system already adopted in New York.
—The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, came
into force on April 1st, 1925. Every butcher in the district was
supplied with a copy of these regulations. and advised as to the
appropriate manner of their application to his premises.
From April 1st to the end of the year 110 notices to daughter were received, and 102 beasts, 519 sheep and 74 pigs emamined. The following parts were found diseased :—
| Weight. | Disease. | |
|---|---|---|
| lbs. | ||
| 2. Fore Quarters of Beef | 400 | Tuberculosis |
| 1 Beast's Head | 28 | Tuberculosis |
| 5 IV asts' Lungs | 40 | Tuberculosis |
| 3 Beasts' Lungs | 24 | Congestion |
| 1 Beast's Lung | 8 | Echinococcus |
| 3 Beasts' Livers | 43 | Tuberculosis |
| 7 Beasts' Livers | 98 | Distoma Hepaticum |
| 67 Sheeps' Lungs | 201 | Strongylus Rufcscens |
| 10 Sheeps' Livers | 40 | Distoma Hepaticum |
| 3 Sheeps' Livers | 12 | Cirrhosis |
| 10 Pigs' Heads | 140 | Tuberculosis |
| 10 Pigs' Plucks | 75 | T uberculosis |
Diseased meat, whether surrendered or seized, is destroyed
by the Authority.
Following the issue of Circular 604 by the Ministry of
Health, a conference was held between the Chairman of the
Public Health Committee, representatives of the Butchers'
Federation and myself. As a result, it was decided inter alia
that when side and overhead screens were provided it would
ke presum'ed that meat so exposed would be in accordance with
Regulations.