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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

Walthamstow 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: (b) Meat and other Foods.A total of 628 visits were paid to slaughterhouses. The following were condemned and destroyed:—

(b) Meat and other Foods.

A total of 628 visits were paid to slaughterhouses. The following were condemned and destroyed:—

(a) Tuberculosis.(b) Other Reasons.
126 Ox Lungs.54 Ox Livers.
52 Ox Hearts.8 Ox Flanks.
33 Ox Skirts.4 Ox Lungs.
16 Ox Livers.2 sets Ox Tripes.
14 Ox Heads.1 Ox Skirt.
11 sets Ox Fats.1 Ox Carcase and all Organs.
4 sets Ox Mesenteric Fats.1 Ox Pluck.
1 Ox Carcase and all Organs.1 Ox Heart.
3 Cow Carcases and all Organs.1 Calf's Pluck.
8 Forequarters Beef.2 Fore Ribs Beef.
7 Loins Beef.1 Clod and Sticking Beef.
4 Thick Flanks Beef.1 Piece Beef.
4 Clods and Sticking Beef.1 Thick Flank.
3 Briskets Beef.106 Sheep's Livers.
2 Flanks Beef.2 Sheep's Carcases and all Organs.
2 Fore Ribs Beef.
2 Heifer Carcases and all Organs.3 Breasts Mutton.
1 Calf's Pluck.8 Lambs.
61 sets Pigs' Fats.12 Legs Lambs.
42 Pigs' Heads.3 Lambs' Livers.
27 Pigs' Plucks.126 Pigs' Livers. 19 Pigs' Lungs.
7 Pigs' Livers.
6 Pigs' Lungs.9 Pig Carcases and all Organs.
5 Pig Carcases and all Organs.2 Legs Pork.
2 sets Pigs' Mesenteric Fats.1 Pig's Pluck.
100 lbs. Lamb and Beef.
6 Cows' Udders.
56 lbs. Bacon.
Half Barrel Pears.
16 boxes Apples.
8 stones Skate.
2 boxes Skate.
1 box Dogger Fillets.
1 trunk Plaice.
1 box Soles.
10 stones Haddocks.
2 boxes Kippers.

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(c) Adulteration, etc. (Food and Drugs Adulteration Act,
1928.)
Eighty samples of milk and one of baked beans were submitted
for analysis during the year.