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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| 143 pig plucks. | Cirrhosis, etc. |
| 8 „ „ | Inflammatory conditions. |
| 8„ | Parasitical. |
| 235 „ „ | Unsoundness (various). |
| 17 „ livers. | Cirrhosis. |
| 23 sets pig kidneys. | Inflammation. |
| 12 pig (sundry) offals. | do. |
| 9 sheep plucks. | Parasitical. |
| 1 „ head. | Traumatism. |
| 1 set sheep lungs. | Parasitical. |
| TOTAL WEIGHT DESTROYED 21,784 lbs. | |
Private Slaughterhouses and Meat Inspection.
At the end of 1923 there were nine registered slaughterhouses
in the Borough. During 1924 two were disused as such, leaving a
total of seven. Of these five are in use. The number of visits
paid to the private slaughterhouses for the purpose of inspecting
meat during 1924 was 1,133.
The numbers of animals slaughtered during the year were
approximately:—
Cattle. Sheep. Pigs Calves. Total.
752 5312 8773 3406 18243
Total number of animals slaughtered for human consumption
in the Borough during 1924:—
Cattle. Sheep. Pigs. Calves. Total.
1241 6737 34355 6756 49089
The following meat and offal during 1924 : —
was surrendered and destroyed
| 2 beef carcases and offal. | Generalised tuberculosis. |
| 4 sets beef lungs. | Localised do. |
| 1 beef liver. | do. do. |
| 1 „ stomach, etc. | do. do. |
| 2 „ carcases and offal. | Metritis. |
| 1 „ „ „ | Emaciation. |
| 3 „ livers. | Parasitical. |
| 3 „ | Fatty infiltration. |
| 1 calf carcase and offal. | Generalised tuberculosis. |
| 1 „ „ „ | Enteritis. |
| 43 pigs heads. | Tuberculosis. |
| 31 „ plucks. | do. |
| 1 „ carcase and offal. | Nephritis. |
| 2 „ heads. | Abscesses. |
| 6 „ plucks. | Cirrhosis. |
| 4„ „ „ | Inflammatorv conditions. |
| 1 „ „ | Parasitical. |
| 1 set pigs offal. | Inflammatory conditions. |
| 1 lot pork trimmings. | Mammitis. |
| TOTAL WEIGHT DESTROYED 4,504 lbs. | |