London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Haringey 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]
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Surrender of Unsound Food
1,306 Certificates were issued in 1971 in respect of unsound foodstuffs which were surrendered by wholesale and retail distributors.
These are itemised as follows:—
| Tinned meat | 334 | 2 tons | 6 cwt | 33 lbs |
| Tinned fruit | 317 | 1 ton | 62 lbs | |
| Meat | 205 | 3 tons | 8 cwt | 80 lbs |
| Tinned vegetables | 154 | 1 ton | 11 cwt | 60 lbs |
| Tinned cereal | 133 | 2 tons | 5 cwt | 57 lbs |
| Tinned fish | 62 | 1 cwt | 56 lbs | |
| Bottled condiments | 51 | 3 cwt | 26 lbs | |
| Tinned milk | 31 | 2 cwt | 73 lbs | |
| Miscellaneous | 19 | 5 cwt | 9 lbs | |
| Total no. of certificates issued | 1,306 | 11 tons | 5 cwt | 8 lbs |
Meat Inspection
An authorised meat inspector assists in the inspection services which the Public Health Inspector is statutorily
required to provide at the Markfield Road abattoir. His total daily attendances for the year was 218.
The abattoir is constructed to deal with many types of animals where the flesh is intended for human consumption
but the bulk of the work covers bovines and horses, the flesh of some of which is intended for export. The
Company is approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to export to countries within the
European Economic Community and such an approval is only granted to an abattoir which complies with the
stringent requirements of the European Economic Community.
The whole or parts of carcases which are rejected as unsuitable for human consumption are passed directly for
processing, sterilization and manufacture into pet food within a separate building in the same complex. This
arrangement is regarded by the Public Health Department as eminently satisfactory since the rejected meat is not
removed from the direct supervision and control of this department.
SUMMARY OF CARCASES INSPECTED 1971
| Goats | Donkeys | Bovines | Horses | Calves | Sheep and Lambs | Cows. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number killed | 11 | 4 | 980 | 1,115 | 240 | 18 | 2,329 |
| Number inspected | 11 | 4 | 980 | 1,115 | 240 | 18 | 2,329 |
| All diseases except Tuberculosis and Cysticercosis | |||||||
| Whole carcases condemned | - | - | 29 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 131 |
| Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | _ | _ | 281 | 611 | 67 | 2 | 1,781 |
| Percentage of number inspected affected with disease other than tuberculosis or cysticercosis | 25 | 32 | 55 | 30 | 28 | 82 | |
| Cysticercosis only Whole carcases condemned | - | - | 13 | 5 | - | - | 29 |
| Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Percentage of number inspected affected with cysticercosis | - | - | 1.9 | - | - | - | 1.6 |
NOTE: There were no cases of tuberculosis reported during the year
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