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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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UNSOUND FOOD CONDEMNED, 1957
(1) In Slaughterhouses
TUBERCULOSIS
Cattle
Mesenteries 1
OTHER DISEASES
Cattle
Livers 1 (Flukes).
Lungs 1 set (Pneumonia).
Pigs
Carcases 2 (Septicæmia 1, Swine Fever 1).
Hearts 1 (Pericarditis).
Livers 5 (Cirrhosis).
Legs 2 (Trauma).
(2) In Shops
Cattle
Beef 250 lbs.
Ox Tongue 4 lbs.
Sheep and Lambs
Lamb 8 lbs.
Livers 20 lbs.
Plucks 34 lbs.
Pigs
Spleen 70 lbs.
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