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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
Croydon 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Summary of Meat and other articles of food destroyed as unfit for food with total weight:—
1915, IV.
| ARTICLES. | Weight in lbs. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diseased. | Unsound. | Total. | ||
| Beef | 13,980 | 2,038 | 16,018 | Including 30 carcases. |
| Mutton | 303 | 885 | 1,188 | "27 " |
| Pork | 14,402 | 92 | 14,494 | „ 71 „ |
| Veal | 168 | 172 | 340 | " 8 „ |
| Offal | 6,455 | 975 | 7,430 | ,, foreign frozen offal. |
| Fish | ... | 2,996 | 2,996 | Catfish, Dabs, Dogfish, Herrings, Haddocks, Saithe and Winkles. |
| Fruit | ... | 100 | 100 | Tomatoes and Dates. |
| Other Articles | ... | 866 | 866 | Potatoes, Onions, Rabbits & Green Bacon. |
| Total lbs. | 35,308 | 8,124 | 43,432 | Including 136 carcases. |
Summary of whole carcases condemned, with the reasons for such condemnation and the total weights :—
1915.
V.
| Class of Animal. | Tuberculosis. | Peritonitis. | Pneumonia. | F leurisy. | Metritis. | Enteritis. | Swine Fever. | Jaundice. | Mammitis. | Nephritis. | Septicaemia. | | Measles. | Emaciated, various causes. | Immature. | Injuries. | Decomposition | Total carcases. | Total Weight of carcases in lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle | 20 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 30 | 14084 |
| Sheep | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | 13 | 27 | 1076 |
| Pigs | 30 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 24 | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 71 | 8417 |
| Calves | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 8 | 340 |
| Totals | 50 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 136 | 23917 |