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Barnet 1957

[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 CowsI CowsCalvesSheep and LambsPigs
Number killed (if known)8355795,2562,4374,861
Number inspected8355793,1922,2234,021
All diseases except Tuberculosis and Cysticerci Whole carcases condemned12633
Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned149223843123
Percentage of the number inspected affected with disease other than tuberculosis and cysticerci17.9638.860.442.073.13
Tuberculosis only: Whole carcases condemned441-2
Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned191054-96
Percentage of the number inspected affected with tuberculosis2.7618.820.160.002.44
Cysticercosis: Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned1----
Carcases submitted to treatment by refrigeration1----
Generalised and totally condemned-----