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Finchley 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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of the subject was submitted to the Public Health Committee
in September, 1925, and on the recommendation
of the Committee, the Council appointed an additional
Inspector. This extra assistance will enable us to
resume the routine duties which were temporarily dis-
Continued

Table: During the year 1925 the slaughterhouses have been visited on no less than 855 occasions, and the number of animals inspected was as follows:—

During the year 1925 the slaughterhouses have been visited on no less than 855 occasions, and the number of animals inspected was as follows:—

Bovines270
Swine1750
Sheep1499
Calves11
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The work of inspection was not without tangible
results, as indicated by the following list of diseased or
unsound meat which was detected by your Inspectors
and subsequently destroyed:—
Tuberculosis.
Bovines.
1 Carcase and offal of a cow (weight 5cwts. 3qrs.).
2 Forequarters (weight 5cwts. lib.).
1 Head and tongue.
5 Sets of lungs.
1. T.iver.
Swine.
8 Carcases and offals.
2 Forequarters.
2 Shoulders.
75 Heads.
16 Plucks.
1 Set of lungs.
5 Mesenlteries.
3 Spleens.
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