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82 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1930.
Pigs.
22 Pairs of Lungs Congestion
1 Pair of Lungs Strongylus Paradoxus
2 Pairs of Lungs Pneumonia
1 Forequarter Pleurisy
Sheep.
20 Pairs of Lungs Strongylus Rufescens
6 Livers Fluke
1 Liver Hepat„is
During the early part of 1930 restrictions regarding the removal
of animals under the Foot and Mouth Disease Order were
in force and this made „ difficult for butchers to obtain their
usual supply of animals for slaughtering. This fact may account
for the decrease in the number of carcases examined during the
year.
There are 239 butchers shops in the Borough. 1,414 inspections
were made of these shops and the meat exposed for sale has
been examined regularly.
Under the Public Health Meat Regulations, 1924, every
butcher is required to do all that is reasonably necessary to guard
against the contamination of meat by flies, filth and dust. It
is satisfactory to say that this Order has been observed generally
by butchers. There were no prosecutions during the year.
Unsound Food.
At the request of the owners the following foodstuffs were
destroyed and the usual certificates granted, viz.:—1 box of
herrings; 1 box of pears; 1 stone of filleted codling; 6 stone
of haddock; 4 boxes of filleted cod; 2 tins of prawns; 1 cooked
goose and 1 box of dabs.
Certification of Meat Food Products.
All meat food products prepared for export from this country
to Canada, Australia and several other countries must be accompanied
by a certificate stating that the food has been prepared
in a cleanly cond„ion and on san„ary premises, and from meat
which has been duly inspected by a Veterinary Surgeon.