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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
Yiewsley and West Drayton 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Yiewsley]
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SLAUGHTERING AND MEAT INSPECTIONS
Your Public Health Inspectors carried out 100% inspection of all
animals killed for human consumption and also operated the Deadweight
Certification Centre for the Ministry of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food for
the first three months of 1964. The number of pigs weighed and graded
totalled 4,453 and the income to the Council was £19 8s. 6d. From a total
number of 6,060 animals inspected it was necessary to condemn 2 tons
2 cwts 2 qrs. 22½ lbs. of pork, beef, mutton and veal which was diseased
and unfit for human consumption. All condemned meat was coloured with
an approved dye and sent, by arrangement, to Smithfield Animal Products
Ltd , for processing into fertilisers.
My thanks are due to both the Director of the Pathological Laboratory
at Hillingdon and the Director of the Ministry of Agriculture. Fisheries and
Food Research Laboratory at Byfleet, whose services and help have been
available when difficult diagnosis of disease has been encountered.
| Cattle excluding Cows | Cows | Calves | Sheep and Lambs | Pigs | Horses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number killed | 457 | 52 | 166 | 934 | 4453 | — |
| All diseases except Tuberculosis and Cystercerci | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 19 | — |
| Whole carcases condemned | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | 38 | 14 | — | — | 199 | — |
| Percentage of the number inspected affected with disease other than Tuberculosis and Cystercerci | 8.3% | 30.7% | 1.8% | 21 % | 4.8% | — |
| Tuberculosis only:— Whole carcase condemned | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carcase of which some part or organ was condemned | — | — | — | — | 52 | — |