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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

Islington 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington]

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No. of Cases.Description of Animal affected.Nature of Disease.Extent of Disease.How disposed of.
38OxenDistomatosisLiver (whole or part)Destructor or on
1OxTuberculosisHead and Lungspremises.Destructor
2Oxen„Head and Tongue„
3„„Lunch„
3„„Lungs, Liver and Mesentery„
1Ox„Ribs„
2Oxen„Brisket„
1OxActinobacillosisTongue and Head„
5OxenPleurisyLungs„
2„AbscessLivers„
1OxPericarditisHeart„
1LambPeritonitisLiverOn premises.
1„PleurisyLung„

Table: UNSOUND FOOD DESTROYED.The food destroyed or otherwise disposedof so as topreventits use for humanconsumption was as follows:—

UNSOUND FOOD DESTROYED.

The food destroyed or otherwise disposedof so as topreventits use for humanconsumption was as follows:—

Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
Diseased meat including organs from slaughter-houses (surrendered)-8223½
Meat and Tinned Foods from shops and stalls (seized)--38
Various Meats & Tinned Foods from shops & stalls (surrendered)-7-16
Fish from shops, fryers and wholesale dealers (surrendered)-6-5
Fruit and Vegetables714223
Total817119½

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The total amount of unsound or diseased meat, fish, fruit, and other food
destroyed was 8 ton 17 cwt. 1 qr. and 19½ lbs. The diseases which affected animal
food are set out in detail above.
Shops, etc., Inspection of.—The number of visits made to shops, etc., by
Inspector Haydock are as follows :—
Total
Butchers, Provision Dealers, etc., Shops 2,170
Meat, etc., Preparation Factories 74
Fish, Shops 440
Fruit, Shops 1,444
Markets 241
Stalls 617
Offensive Trades 130
Grand total ... 5,116