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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

Chingford 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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

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

ArticleConditionWeight
5 bullock's lungsTuberculosis59 lbs.
2 bullock's lungs and mesenteries,,30 lbs.
6 bullock's mesenteries,,60 lbs.
1 bullock's head, tongue, lungs and mesentery,,48 lbs.
1 bullock's head and tongue,,30 lbs.
1 bullock's head, liver tongue and mesentery,,72 lbs.
1 bullock's Top-piece, head, tongue and pluck,,105 lbs.
4 pig's mesenteries,,4 lbs.
6 pig's heads,,49¾ lbs.
1 cow's liver, lungs and mesentery,,32 lbs.
1 cow's liver and lungsTuberculosis and Abscesses22 lbs.
18 bullock's liversFlukes216 lbs.
3 bullock's liversFlukes and Cirrhosis38 lbs.
1½ bullock's liversDistomum Hepaticum18 lbs.
4 pig's kidneysNephritis1¾ lbs.
1 pig's kidneyCystic and Nephretic½ lb.
1 pig's lungsCongestion1 lb.
5½ pig's liversCirrhosis17 lbs.
1 sheep's liverStrongylus Rufescens1½ lbs.
1 sheep's liverCaseons Lymphadenitisl½ lbs.
1 sheep's liverParasitic2 lbs.
1 lamb's carcase ...Dropsy and Emaciation34 lbs.
2 pig's plucksStrongylus8 lbs.

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Other articles found unfit for human consumption, and which
were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed are as follows :
2 boxes of fillets Unsound 28 lbs.
1 box of dog fish Unsound 70 lbs.
Skate Decomposition 28 lbs.
1 doz. imported eggs Unsound
Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food.
The Counties Public Health Laboratories, Queen Victoria
Street, E.C.4., undertake bacteriological examinations for the
Council.
Dr. Bernard Dyer, 17, Great Tower Street, E.C.3., carries out
the chemical analysis of food and drugs.
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