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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Disease or Condition. | Entire Carcase and Viscera. | Heads and Collars. | Hands and Springs. | Loins. | Bellies. | Legs. | Hearts. | Lungs. | Stomachs. | Intestines. | Mesenteries. | Livers. | Spleens. | Kidneys. | Peritoneal and Renal Fat. | Skins. |
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Tuberculosis | 1 | 82 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 2 | 6 | 75 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Swine Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Swine Plague | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hydraemia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ecchinococcus Veterinorum Cysts | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 59 | .. | |||||||
Pleurisy | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Pericarditis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epicarditis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hepatitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Splenitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. |
Nephritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. |
Mastitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dermatitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cirrhosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46½ | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Necrosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Bruises and Fractures | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1½ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Blood Aspiration | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 4 | 82 | 4 | ½ | 3½ | 1½ | 13 | 102 | 19 | 78 | 58½ | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 |