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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
Leyton 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Manufacturers of Preserved Food, etc.
Premises on Register at 31-12-1942 67
Premises registered during 1942 Nil
Premises removed from Register during 1942 Nil
MEAT.
Slaughter - Houses.-—There are seven licensed slaughterhouses
in the Borough, and 170 inspections of these slaughter
houses were made.
| Animals Inspected. | Regional Slaughter-house. |
|---|---|
| Cattle | 543 |
| Calves | — |
| Swine | 374 |
| Sheep | 5631 |
| 6,548 |
SUMMARY OF CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED.
| Cattle. | Sheep and Lambs. | Pigs. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number killed at Regional Slaughterhouse | 543 | 5,631 | 374 |
| Number inspected at Regional Slaughterhouse | 543 | 5,631 | 374 |
| All diseases except Tuberculosis:— Whole carcases condemned | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | 101 | 411 | 21 |
| Percentage of the number inspected alfected with disease other than tuberculosis | 35.17 | 7.29 | 5.61 |
| Tuberculosis only :— Whole carcases condemned | 2 | Nil | 3 |
| Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | 59 | Nil | 82 |
| Percentage of the number inspected affected with tuberculosis | 11.23 | Nil | 24.06 |