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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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UNSOUND FOOD CONDEMNED, 1955
TUBERCULOSIS
Cattle
Forequarter 1
Heads and Tongues 18
Livers 4
Lungs 19 sets
Mesenteries 7
Spleens 2
Omenta 5
Kidneys 2
Calves
Carcase 1
Livers 1
Plucks 3
Pigs
Carcases 2
Heads 114
Lungs 7 sets
Mesenteries 1
Plucks 11
OTHER DISEASES
Cattle
Livers 53 (Abscess 7, Cirrhosis 2, Flukes
42, Adhesions 2)
Lungs 3 sets (Abscess 2, Pleurisy 1)
Calves
Carcases 6 (Dropsy 1, Fevered 1,
Moribund 4)
Liver 1 (Flukes)
Lungs 1 set (Pneumonia)
Pluck 1 (Abscesses)
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