[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon] page 224

Croydon 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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T able VII.

The following animals were slaughtered at the Public Slaughterhouses during 1936:—

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Public Slaughterhouses-	Cattle.	Sheep.	pigs..	Calves.	Total.
Public section	214	760	1284	476	2734
Private section	807	9729	15907	3661	30104
Totals	1021	10489	17191	4137	32838

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The whole of the meat and offal is examined before it leaves
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The following meat and offal from the Public Slaughterhouses was surrendered and destroyed during the year 1936:—

Description.	Cause.
9 beef carcases and offal	General tuberculosis.
3 „ forequarters	Localised tuberculosis.
9 „ parts	„ „
14 „ Offals, complete	Tuberculosis.
60 sets beef lungs	Localised tuberculosis.
28 beef heads	„ „
19 „ various offals	„ „
3 „ carcases and offals	Inflammatory, emaciated, etc.
4 „ heads	Actinomycosis.
6 „ various parts	Inflammatory, etc.
34 „ various offals	Inflammatory conditions, etc.
3 veal carcases	General tuberculosis.
2 „ heads	Tubercular.
4 „ offals, complete	„ „
8 ,, plucks	„ „
5 ,, various offals	„ „
10 ,, carcases	Immaturity, etc.
7 ,, various offals	Inflammatory, etc.
3 ,, plucks	Inflammatory conditions.
13 pig carcases and offals	General tuberculosis.
2 ,, various parts	„ „
168 ,, heads	„ „
25 ,, plucks	„ „
5 ,, various offals	„ „
127 ,, offals, complete	Tubercular.
22 ,, carcases and offals	Swine fever.
23 ,, carcases and offals	Inflammatory conditions, etc.
161 ,, plucks	„ „
8 ,, heads	„ „
117 ,, various offals and 22 parts	„ „
22 ,, carcases and offals	Oedema and emaciation.
7 sheep carcases and offals	Inflammatory, etc.
3 ,, parts	Inflammatory, traumatic, etc.
3 plucks	Parasitical,etc.
17 ,, various offals	„ „
Total weight destroyed : 24,459 lbs.