[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough.

  • Ashton-under-Lyne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE No. S Various Organs Condemned as Unfit for Human Consumption. n 03 D 3 » m •C u 3 to m 1 8 u 4-J a 03 03 c « in >v ai E 3 C T3 cd 0> bfl O o bfi a 3 Q> > g o 5 <v V — fl, 4) OQ <D 03 03 S •o •o e •o a id X !H 3 m X 0? S C HH s 5 Tuberculosis: Bovines ... 295 295 908 248 59 82 135 81 81 27 50 208 Pigs 19 19 16 16 — 16 — 3 3 — — 11 Inflammatory Diseases: Bovines ... 2 2 69 153 7 11 2 — — 63 46 4 Pigs — — 2 2 — 1 — — — — 3 — Sheep — — — — — 15 — — — — — 15 Parasitic Diseases . Bovines ... 1 1 51 164 — — 1 — — — 22 — Pigs — — — — — — — — — — — Sheep — — 20 243 — — — — — — — The following table gives some idea of the work involved in this particular branch of my department: No. of visits to slaughter-houses during 1944 ... 199 No. of visits to food premises and markets ... 393 No. of carcases inspected:— Cattle and Calves 3232 Sheep and Lambs 5968 Pigs 211 Total 9411 The total weight of meat and offals destroyed during the year as diseased, unsound and unfit for the food of man was 82,339 lbs. or 36 tons 15 cwts. 0 qr. 19 lbs.