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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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UNSOUND FOOD CONDEMNED, 1954
Tuberculosis
Cattle
Carcases 5
Forequarter 1
Heads 51
Hearts 3
Livers 22
Lungs 85 sets
Mesenteries 16
Plucks 10
Spleens 2
Calves
Livers 2
Plucks 2
Pigs
Heads 4
Lungs 1 set
Mesenteries 4
Sheep & Lambs
Carcase 1
Other Diseases
Cattle
Heads 2 (Abscess 1, Actinomycosis 1)
Hearts 2 (Pericarditis)
Kidneys 2 (Abscess1, Nephritis 1)
Livers 165½ (Abscess 29½, Cavernous
Angioma 12, Cirrhosis 13,
Degenerated Cysts 2, Fatty
Infiltration 1, Flukes 105,
Melanosis 3)
Lungs 6 sets (Abscess 4, Pleurisy 2)
Mesentery 1 (Abscess)
Part Fore quarter 1 (Abscess in Prescapular Gland)
Spleens 3 (Inflammation)
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