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West Ham 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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APPENDIX III.

Table showing Meat found to be unfit for Human Food and the Disease or Condition which required its condemnation.

SWINE.

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.
Tuberculosis1824........21267581......
Swine Fever1..............................
Swine Plague1..............................
Hydraemia1..............................
Ecchinococcus Veterinorum Cysts............1......1........
Pneumonia..............59..
Pleurisy20................
Pericarditis............7..................
Epicarditis............6..................
Peritonitis............................1..
Enteritis..................133..........
Hepatitis......................3........
Splenitis........................8......
Nephritis..........................9....
Mastitis........3......................
Dermatitis..............................2
Cirrhosis....................46½........
Necrosis..........................1....
Bruises and Fractures......11....................
Blood Aspiration..............1................
Totals4824½131022197858½91012