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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table XIV.
Meat condemned, diseases other than tuberculosis.
| Disease. | Extent of condemnation. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head. | Tongue. | Lung. | Liver. | Spleen. | Kidney. | Mammary Gland. | |
| Actinomycosis | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Echinococcus veterinorum cysts | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Cystic conditions | — | — | - | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| Parasitic conditions | — | — | - | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distomatosis | — | — | - | 127 | — | — | — |
| Pleurisy | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Hepatitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Mastitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 271 |
| Nephritis | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | — |
| Abscesses | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| Fatty degeneration | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cavernous angioma | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| Emphysema | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| (Edema | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 6 | 143 | 1 | 34 | 271 |
Table XV.
Meat condemned, diseases other than tuberculosis.
(c) Bovines (calves only).
No meat from calves was condemned during the year.
292