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(B) MEAT.
Inspection.
As in the previous year very little slaughtering of animals took place
in the district, the occasional pigs or sheep killed belonging to an institution
or private pig club. 47 pigs and 33 sheep were killed and inspected.
In all cases the carcases of pigs were sound, it being necessary to condemn
only four mesenteric fats and a pluck due to tuberculosis and three
plucks owing to parasitic disease and pneumonia.
Most of the sheep killed at a slaughterhouse in this district were
for consumption by special troops stationed just outside the district.
Slaughter of three privately owned sheep was necessary because of accident
; the carcase in each case was fevered and so condemned for destruction.
Meat Depot.
During the year daily visits continued to be made by one of the
sanitary inspectors. The amount of meat and offal condemned was less
than in the previous year, though the volume of meat passing through
remained much as before.
Carcases of three sheep were condemned, two on account of black
mould and one owing to being fevered ; 843 lbs. of beef because of putrefaction,
318 lbs. due to black mould and 148 lbs. owing to bruising and
abscess ; 46 lbs. of mutton because of putrefaction, 117 lbs. due to black
mould and 34 lbs. owing to bruising and abscess ; 64 lbs. of pork because
of putrefaction, 8 lbs. due to black mould and 3 lbs. owing to bruising;
31 lbs. of veal because of putrefaction, and about 147 lbs. of offal on account
of putrefaction or parasitic disease.
During the year more tinned meats, such as corned beef, pork and
mutton were distributed from the Depot than in previous years. The
percentage of this class of food which had to be condemned was also
higher, about 5,235 lbs. being unsound, mainly because the tins were
blown or leaking.
(C) OTHER FOODS.
Food Shops.
Food shops received the same attention as in previous years and in
addition to the routine inspection 51 complaints regarding bad food were
investigated. The foodstuffs condemned and voluntarily surrendered
included 2,450 lbs. meat, 1,583 eggs, 520 lbs. cereals, 17J cwt. potatoes,
6 cwt. nuts, 103 lbs. of fruit and vegetables, 169 lbs. bacon, 462 lbs.
cheese, and 153 lbs. jams and jellies. 3,735 tins of tinned food were
condemned, the contents of most being meat or milk. These figures
are much greater than those recorded in this district in any previous
year.
ISOLATION HOSPITALS.
ADEQUACY OF ACCOMMODATION.
Because of the low incidence of the two diseases treated in the
local isolation hospitals, the accommodation at the South Harrow Hospital
was sufficient until towards the end of the year when the increased