Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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Table 38
SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Carcases Inspected and Condemned
Cattle excluding Cows | Cows | Calves | Sheep and Lambs | Pigs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number killed | 47 | - | - | 338 | - |
Number inspected | 47 | — | — | 338 | - |
All diseases except tuberculosis and cysticerci:— Whole carcases condemned | - | - | - | - | - |
Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Percentage of the number inspected affected with disease other than tuberculosis and cysticerci | - | - | - | 3 | - |
Tuberculosis only:— | |||||
Whole carcases condemned | - | - | - | - | - |
Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | - | - | - | - | - |
Percentage of the number inspected affected with tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - |
Cysticercosis:— | |||||
Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned | - | - | - | - | - |
Carcases submitted to treatment by refrigeration | - | - | - | - | - |
Generalised and totally condemned | - | — | — | — | - |
Table 39
Sampling of Food and Drugs
Articles | Total procured | Unsatisfactory |
---|---|---|
Milk (various) | 34 (3) | 1 |
Milk (condensed) | 21 (1) | — |
Cream | 23 (6) | — |
Ice cream | 21 (4) | — |
Meat and meat products | 94 (30) | 3 |
Butter and margarine | 37 (27) | — |
Bread, flour and cereals | 17 (1) | — |
"Buttered" bread | 13 | 6 |
Cakes and biscuits | 22 (1) | 12 |
Fruit juices, syrups and soft drinks | 28 | 3 |
Spirits | 12 (7) | 1 |
Coffee | 7 (2) | — |
Sweets and chewing compounds | 36 | 4 |
Fruit and vegetables | 25 (7) | 1 |
Curries, spices and flavourings | 21 | 1 |
Vinegar, pickles and sauces | 16 (22) | — |
Cheese and spreads | 11 (1) | — |
Jams, jellies and preserves | 7 | — |
Drugs | 5 (12) | — |
Miscellaneous | 6 (3) | |
TOTALS | 456 (117)* | 32 |
* Figures in parenthesis are samples taken by officers of the Middlesex County Council during January— March 1965. |