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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
Hendon 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE XIV.
TABLE XLIV
| Slaughtered and examined. | Condemned and destroyed. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle. | Sheep. | Pigs. | Description. | Cause. |
| 15 | 2 Carcases | Tuberculous | ||
| 1 Porequarter | „ | |||
| 3 Lungs | „ | |||
| 2 Livers | „ | |||
| 1 Heart | „ | |||
| 1 Mesentery | „ | |||
| 7 Carcases were slaughtered under the Tuberculous Order 1925. | ||||
| 102 | 5 Lungs | Parasitic | ||
| 2 Lungs | Congested | |||
| 2 Plucks | „ | |||
| 1 Pluck | Parasitic | |||
| 1 Liver | „ | |||
| 194 | 7 Omentums | Parasitic | ||
| 4 Plucks | „ | |||
| 4 Plucks | Congested | |||
| 4 Livers | Parasitic | |||
| 1 Lung | „ | |||
(c) Other Foods.
The Butchers, Fish, Poultry and Provision
Shops, and all premises at which foods are prepared
or exposed for sale have been kept under strict observation.
The sanitary conditions thereat have
been maintained, and the foods exposed were found
wholesome and sound. In no instance was it found
necessary to seize any articles of food which were
unfit for consumption.
The following foodstuffs which were voluntarily
submitted to the Inspectors for examination, were
condemned as unfit for consumption and destroyed:—