[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford] page 24

Chingford 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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Meat and Other Foods
One licensed slaughterhouse is being used within the district
and twenty-one butchers shops; the visits paid to these premises
number 683. The meat and food shops generally have been
maintained in a satisfactory condition.
The undermentioned table sets forth the carcases inspected
and the instances in which parts of carcases were condemned:

Table: CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED

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CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED

	Cattle excluding cows	Cows	Calves	Sheep and Lambs	Pigs
Number killed (if known	33	—	2	166	92
Number Inspected (at slaughterhouses and Butchers' shops)	33	—	2	166	322
All diseases except Tuberculosis. Whole carcases condemned	—	—	—	—	—
Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned	15	—	—	9	3
Percentage of the number inspected affected with disease other than tuberculosis	45.4		_	5.4	1
Tuberculosis only. Whole carcases condemned	—	-	—	—	—
Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned	5	-	—	—	13
Percentage of the number inspected affected with tuberculosis	15.1	-	—	—	4

Table: The following list gives details of the diseased or unsound meat, included in the above table, which was voluntarily surrendered and destroyed:

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The following list gives details of the diseased or unsound meat, included in the above table, which was voluntarily surrendered and destroyed:

Article	Condition	Weight
1 bullock's liver	Tuberculosis	14 lbs.
4 bullocks' mesenteries	55	61 lbs.
4 bullocks' lungs	55	29 lbs.
7 pigs' heads	55	61 lbs.
1 pig's leg, belly-piece, etc.	55	19 lbs.
6 pigs' mesenteries	55	9 lbs.
1 pig's lungs	55	2 lbs.
14 bullocks' livers	Distoma Hepaticum	149 lbs.
1 bullock's liver	Abscesses	13 lbs.
2 bullocks' lungs	Pleurisy	20 lbs.
2 pigs' livers	Cirrhosis	82 lbs.
2 sheeps' livers	Necrosis	4 lbs.
1 sheep's liver	Echinoccus Veterinorum	3½lbs.
7 sheeps' lungs	Strongylus Rufescens	21 lbs.

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Table: CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED

Table: The following list gives details of the diseased or unsound meat, included in the above table, which was voluntarily surrendered and destroyed: