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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 1930

[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 required its Condemnation.BOVINES.

TABLE II.

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

BOVINES.

Disease or Condition.Entire Carcases and VisceraHeads.Tongues.Forequarters.Shins.Aitch Bones.Clods.Stickings.Briskets.Legs.Flanks.Loins.Rumps.Hearts.Lungs.Diaphragms.Stomachs.Omenta.Intestines.Mesenteries.Livers.Pancreas.Spleens.Kidneys.Kidney Knobs.Mammary Glands.Top Pieces.
Tuberculosis1827327317......464...35110905161856195109529276322
Actinomycosis & Actinobacillosis...1631.................................7...............1..................
Johne'sDisease1
BacillaryNecrosi............................................................3..................
Pneumonia..........................................16....................................
Distomatosis..........................................52...............367..................
Ecchinococcus Veterinorum Cysts..........................................43...............28......1.........
Abscesses..........................................21............50..................
Fatty Degeneration............................................................4..................
Cavernous Angioma............................................................34..................
Emaciation.........................................................1.....................
Bruises,Fractures144
Cystic.....................................................................2.........
Cirrhosis............................................................1..................
Oedema1..............................................................................
Blood Aspiration..........................................3....................................
Hepatitis............................................................½..................
Pleurisy..........................................7....................................
Nephritis.....................................................................13.........
Mastitis...........................................................................306...
Totals2028930417144644351101035171856196597½5294363382