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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE III.
Showing Meat found to be Unfit for Human Food and the Disease or Condition which required its Surrender or Condemnation.
| Disease or Condition | Entire Carcases and Viscera | Heads | Tongues | Forequarters | Hindquarters. | Clods | Stickings | Briskets | Flanks | Loins | Rumps | Top Pieces | Hearts | Lungs | Diaphragms | Stomachs | Omenta | Intestines | Mesenteries | Livers | Pancreas | Spleens | Kidneys | Kidney Knobs | Mammary Glands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis | 13 | 104 | 104 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 405 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 169 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Actinomycosis | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Echinococcus Veterinorum Cysts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Distomatosis | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pleurisy | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | - | - | - | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hepatitis | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mastitis | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 160 |
| Nephritis | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - |
| Abscesses | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Fatty Degeneration | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cavernous Angioma | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 13 | 105 | 104 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 407 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 169 | 140 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 166 |