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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
Finchley 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Diseased or Unsound Meat, etc., Destroyed.
The following is a list of the diseased or unsound meat
and other food which was detected by your inspectors and
subsequently destroyed: —
Tuberculosis.
Bovines.
Carcase and Offal (Calf) 1
Heads and Tongues 15
Sets of Lungs 20
Livers 8
Hearts 5
Mesenteries 9
Parts of Carcases 400 lbs.
Swine.
Carcases and Offal 5
Heads 45
Plucks 12
Mesenteries 51
Spleens 14
Sets of Lungs 1
Stomach 1
Conditions Other than Tuberculosis.
Bovines.
Carcase and Offal (Calf): Pneumonia 1
Head and Tongue: Actinomycosis 1
Sets of Lungs: 4 Abscesses, 3 Congestion,
1 Cyst, 1 Pleurisy 9
Livers: 5 Abscesses, 41 Flukes 46
Heart: Congestion 1
Kidney: Congestion 1
Plucks: Congestion 2
Spleen: Rupture 1
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