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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TABLE I
Showing Animals examined Post-Mortem and those found to be Diseased.
Class of Animals. | Number Inspected | Affected with T.B. | Affected with Other Diseases. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | ||
Bovines :— | |||||
Bulls | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | - | — |
Bullocks | 792 | 94 | 11.86 | 51 | 6.43 |
Cows | 1,036 | 542 | 52.31 | 125 | 12.06 |
Heifers | 187 | 25 | 13.36 | 18 | 9.62 |
Calves | 72 | 1 | 1.38 | — | — |
Porcines:— | |||||
Boars | 19 | 2 | 10.52 | 1 | 5.26 |
Sows | 65 | 14 | 21.53 | 2 | 3.07 |
Porkers | 5,589 | 530 | 9.48 | 537 | 9.60 |
Ovines:— | |||||
Sheep | 5,002 | — | — | 442 | 8.83 |
Lambs | 6,625 | — | — | 61 | .92 |
Caprines :— | |||||
Goats | — | — | — | — | — |
Kids | - | — | — | — | — |
Totals | 19,388 | 1,209 | 6.23 | 1,237 | 6.38 |
TABLE 11.
Showing Unsound Meat Condemned as a Result of Post-Mortem Examination.
BOVINES. | Stomachs | 9 | |
Omenta | 6 | ||
Entire Carcases and Viscera | 12 | Intestines | 9 |
Mesenteries | 180 | ||
Heads | 171 | Livers | 291 |
Tongues | 172 | Pancreas | 28 |
Forequarters | 11 | Spleens | 9 |
Hindquarters | 4 | Kidneys | 27 |
Shins | 2 | Kidney Knobs | 3 |
Clods | 2 | Mammary Glands | 228 |
Stickings | 2 | ||
Briskets | 2½ | PORCINES. | |
Flanks | 3 | Entire Carcases and Viscera | 14 |
Loins | 2 | ||
Rumps | 2 | Forequarters | 1 |
Aitch Bones | 2 | Heads and Collars | 140 |
Hearts | 5 | Hands and Springs | 1 |
Lungs | 575 | Spare Ribs and Blade Bones | 1 |
Diaphragms | 4 |
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