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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

West Ham 1927

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

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Table: APPENDIX III.Table showing Meat found to be Unfit for Human Food, and the Disease or Condition which requiredits Condemnation.BO VI N ES.

APPENDIX III.

Table showing Meat found to be Unfit for Human Food, and the Disease or Condition which required

its Condemnation.

BO VI N ES.

Disease or Condition.Entire Carcase and Viscera.Heads.Tongues.Forequarters.Hindquarters.Shins.Clods.Stickings.Briskets.Ribs.Flanks.Loins.Rumps.Hearts.Lungs.Diaphragms.Stomachs.Omenta.Intestines.Mesenteries.Livers.Pancreas.Spleens.Kidneys.Kidney Knobs.Mammary Glands.
Tuberculosis31821821538885½47421774692772613371191112128
Actinomycosis & Actinobacillosis...1830.................................5............23...............
Johne's Disease......................................................4.....................
Distomatosis..........................................12...............181½...............
Ecchinococcus Veterinorum cysts..........................................15...............6½......5......
Pneumonia..........................................1.................................
Pleurisy..........................................5.................................
Peritonitis.............................................1..............................
Hepatitis............................................................11½
Nephritis.....................................................................1......
Mastitis...........................................................................322
Cirrhosis............................................................½...............
Haematoma..................................................................1.........
Abscesses........................½..................1½4.........31½...............
Bruises & Fractures..............................1.............................................
Fatty Degeneration............................................................1...............
Cavernous Angioma............................................................10...............
Emphysema..........................................1.................................
Immaturity1...........................................................................
Totals4200212153888648421778511½31730135316½1912181350