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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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| Total. | Tuberculosis. | |
|---|---|---|
| Scrag | 2 | - |
| Shanks | 4 | - |
| Shoulder | 1 | - |
| Spleen | 1 | - |
| Target | 19 | - |
| Swine:— | - | |
| Belly | 11 | - |
| Carcase | 65 | 25 |
| Carcase and offal | 289 | 223 |
| Collar | 51 | 51 |
| Forequarter | 30 | 9 |
| Hand | 1 | — |
| Hand and spring | 8 | 1 |
| Head | 2,092½ | 2,036 |
| Heart | 184 | — |
| Intestines | 35 | 13 |
| Kidney | 171 | — |
| Leg | 47 | 10 |
| Liver | 2,949 | 3 |
| Loin | 18 | 9 |
| Lungs | 4,013 | 4 |
| Mesentery | 1,903 | 1,875 |
| Omentum | 2 | — |
| Pluck | 1,421 | 234 |
| Shank | 3 | — |
| Skin | 5 | — |
| Spleen | 33 | 1 |
| Stomach | 27 | 9 |
| Miscellaneous:— | ||
| Headless Cod | 6 st. | |
| Chicken | 1 | 1 |
| Corned Beef | 43 lbs. | — |
| Currants | 56 lbs. | — |
| Plaice | 5 st. | — |
| Rabbits | 401 | - |
| Rabbits' livers | 2 | - |
| Raisins | 12 lbs. | — |
| Skate Wing | 1½ St. | — |
| Strawberries | 2 lbs. | - |
A quantity of grocery, tinned foods, confectionery, etc., which
had become contaminated, was removed from empty premises in
Harrow Road and destroyed.