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 West Ham]
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APPENDIX II.
Disease or Condition. | Entire Carcase and Viscera. | Heads. | Tongues. | Forequarters. | Shins. | Loins. | Rumps. | Top Pieces. | Legs. | | Hearts. | Lungs. | Diaphrams. | Stomachs. | Omenta. | Intestines. . | Mesenteries. | Livers. | Pancreas. | Spleens. | Kidneys. | Mammary Glands. |
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Tuberculosis | 6 | 56 | 56 | 5 | .. | 1½ | 1 | 1 | .. | 10 | 438 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 66 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Actinomycosis and Actinobacillosis | .. | 25 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Distomatosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 271½ | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ecchinococcus Veterinorum Cysts | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10½ | .. | .. | 7 | 4 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pleurisv | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hepatitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2½ | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Splenitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Mastitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 285 |
Cirrhosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Necrosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abscesses | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20½ | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bruises and Fractures | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fatty Degeneration | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cavernous Angioma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8½ | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Blood Aspiration | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 6 | 81 | 80 | 5 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 10 | 489 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 71 | 387½ | 4 | 4 | 13 | 297 |