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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 1929

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

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Table: TABLE II.Table showing Meat found to be Unfit for Human Food, and the Disease or Condition which requiredits Condemnation.BO VIN ES.

TABLE II.

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

its Condemnation.

BO VIN ES.

Disease or Condition.Entire Carcases and Viscerae.Heads.Tongues.Forequarters.Shins.Aitch Bones.Clods.Stickings.Briskets.Ribs.Flanks.Loins.Rumps.Hearts.Lungs.Diaphragms.Stomachs.Omenta.Intestines.Mesenteries.Livers.Pancreas.Spleens.Kidneys.Kidney Knobs.Mammary Glands.
Tuberculosis1925525582226365514104383213121861013913151116
Actinomycosis & Actinobacillosis...617.................................2.................................
Bacillary Necrosis............................................................2...............
Pneumonia..........................................4.................................
Distomatosis..........................................12...............449...............
Ecchinococcus Veterinorum Cysts..........................................8...............5...............
Abscesses............................................................40½...............
Fatty Degeneration............................................................6...............
Cavernous Angioma............................................................28...............
Emaciation.........................................................3..................
Bruises and Fractures............1.........1...................................................
Cirrhosis............................................................7...............
Bronchitis..............................................................................
Epicarditis..............................................................................
Hepatitis............................................................9½...............
Splenitis..............................................................................
Nephritis.....................................................................7......
Mastitis...........................................................................318
Totals192612728122273655151070832131218964839142211334