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 Surbiton]
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The following foodstuffs found to be unfit for human food were surrendered by the owners, and subsequently destroyed:—
| Livers of bullock | 28lbs. 5 ozs Hydatid Cysts. |
| Livers of bullocks | 78 „ 4 „ Bacterial Necrosis. |
| Liver of bullock | 12 „ 3 ,, Fluke. |
| Offal of bullock | 5 „ 8 „ Congestion. |
| Offal of calf | 2 „ 0 „ Congestion. |
| Offal of calf | 8 „ 5 „ Tuberculosis. |
| Carcases and offal of pigs | 551 ,, 0 „ Tuberculosis. |
| Carcase and offal of pig | 153 „ 4 „ Dropsy and Wasting. |
| Head of pig | 33 „ 0 ,, Tuberculosis. |
| Heads and plucks of pigs | 113 „ 3 ,, Tuberculosis. |
| Livers of pigs | 4 „ 1 „ Abscesses. |
| Liver of pig | 2 „ 1 „ Coccidiosis. |
| Liver of pig | 2 ,, 0 „ Wasting. |
| Mesenteries of pigs | 8 „ 6 „ Tuberculosis. |
| Mesentery of pig | 2 „ 0 „ Cysts. |
| Offal of pigs | 4 „ 1 „ Tuberculosis. |
| Offal of pigs | 16 „ 15 ,, Congestion. |
| Offal of pigs | 62 „ 1 ,, Inflammation. |
| Offal of pigs | 13 ,, 6 „ Strongylus Paradoxicus |
| Offal of pigs | 6 „ 1 ,, Mitral Regurgitation. |
| Offal of pig | 1 „ 4 „ Strongylus Filaria. |
| Carcase and offal of sheep | 41 „ 0 „ Jaundice. |
| Livers of sheep | 51 „ 10 „ Fluke. |
| Liver of sheep | 73 „ 11 „ Abscesses. |
| Liver of sheep | 2 ,, 11 „ Bacterial Necrosis. |
| Liver of sheep | 1 „ 7 „ Wasting. |
| Offal of sheep | 158 „ 1 ,, Strongylus Refescens. |
| Offal of sheep | 3 „ 3 ,, Strongylus Filaria. |
| Offal of sheep | 1 „ 13 „ Abscesses. |
| Offal of sheep | 1 „ 1 „ Congestion. |
| Offal of sheep | 8 „ 2 „ Inflammation. |
| Offal of sheep | 2 „ 2 „ Mitral Regurgitation. |