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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

Penge 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Table: The following were surrendered and condemned at the slaughterhouses:—

The following were surrendered and condemned at the slaughterhouses:—

Cows: 1 set of lungsTuberculosis.
Calves: 1 PluckTuberculosis.
2 Kidneys„
2 sets of lungs„
1 Mesentery„
1 set of lungsAbscesses.
Pigs: 1 Head and tongueTuberculosis.
2 PlucksInflammation.
1 set of lungs„
9 LiversCirrhosis.
Sheep:2 Carcases and offalEmaciation.
20 LiversParasitical.
1 Pluck„
2 KidneysNephritis.
2 sets of lungsParasitical.
4 „ „Abscesses.
cwts.qrts.lbs.
Total weight of tuberculous meat——27
Total weight of diseased non-tuberculous meat1—25
Total1124