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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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UNSOUND FOOD CONDEMNED, 1956
(1) In Slaughterhouses
TUBERCULOSIS
Cattle
Livers 1
Lungs 2 sets
Mesenteries 1
Pigs
Carcases 2
Heads 139
Lungs 6 sets
Plucks 17
OTHER DISEASES
Sheep and Lambs
Hearts 1 (Pleurisy and Pericarditis)
Livers 5 (Degenerated Cysticerci 1, Abscess
3, Cirrhosis 1)
Lungs 1 set (Pleurisy and Pericarditis)
Plucks 1 (Melanosis)
Pigs
Carcases 3 (Emaciation 1, Fevered 1,
Moribund 1)
Hindquarters 1 (Abscess)
Hocks 2 (Bruising)
Hearts 80 (Pericarditis 79, Pleurisy and
Pericarditis 1)
Kidneys 2 (Haemorrhagic Nephritis)
Livers 156 (Abscess 1, Cirrhosis 127,
Milk Spot 24, Parasites 1,
Peritonitis 3)
Lungs 195 sets (Congestion 61, Pleurisy 51,
Pleurisy and Pericarditis 1,
Pneumonia 82)
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