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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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MEAT INSPECTION.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924. Slaughter Houses.
| January, | December | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920. | 1935. | 1935. | |
| Registered | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Licensed | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 8 | 9 |
There is no Public Slaughter House in the District.
At 4 of the Slaughter Houses no slaughtering has been performed
throughout the year.
180 visits have been paid to the Slaughter Houses on the days
fixed for the slaughter of animals or upon the receipt of notice from
the occupiers on other occasions.
Most of the meat supplies are obtained by the local butchers
from the London Meat Markets, so that only a small number of
animals is slaughtered at the private Slaughter Houses.
The following table shows the number of animals slaughtered and examined:—
TABLE XIII.
| Slaughtered and Examined. | Condemned and Destroyed. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle. | Sheep. | Pigs. | Description. | Cause. |
| — | 447 | 3 livers | Cirrhosis | |
| 247 | 2 pigs with offals | Peritonitis & general emaciation | ||
| 2 livers | Necrosis | |||
| 1 head | Tuberculosis | |||
| 3 plucks | ||||
| 2 livers | Cirrhosis | |||