Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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Slaughtering is carried on six days per week, the sole exception being
Friday, and the general system with regard to the timing of slaughtering is
that adult Bovines are slaughtered early in the day's work, proceeding to
the "smalls" and in this latter category, calves are usually left until last.
This accounts for the 100^ inspection of Cattle and Cows, shown in the
following table, and the lower percentage of inspection for calves, despite
evening and week-end visits.
However, good co-operation exists between your inspectors and the owner
and his slaughtermen who retain for our inspection on the following day any
carcase presenting signs of disease or injury.
The majority of the condemned meat and offals is taken away by a
reputable firm for manufacture into useful by-products, e.g. fertilisers etc.
Total weight of carcase meat condemned 8,627 lbs.
Total weight of offals condemned 8,989 lbs.
CARCASES AND OFFAL INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED IN WHOLE OR IN PART.
Cattle Excluding Cows | I Cows | Calves | Sheep and Lambs | Pigs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number killed (if known) | 835 | 579 | 5,256 | 2,437 | 4,861 |
Number inspected | 835 | 579 | 3,192 | 2,223 | 4,021 |
All diseases except Tuberculosis and Cysticerci Whole carcases condemned | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | 149 | 223 | 8 | 43 | 123 |
Percentage of the number inspected affected with disease other than tuberculosis and cysticerci | 17.96 | 38.86 | 0.44 | 2.07 | 3.13 |
Tuberculosis only: Whole carcases condemned | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 |
Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | 19 | 105 | 4 | - | 96 |
Percentage of the number inspected affected with tuberculosis | 2.76 | 18.82 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 2.44 |
Cysticercosis: Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Carcases submitted to treatment by refrigeration | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Generalised and totally condemned | - | - | - | - | - |