[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Penzance (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [11] The following table gives particulars of meat and other food rejected during the year as being unfit for human consumption. J O J Tuberculosis. o Oxen. Calves. Sheep. PUs. Carcases and Viscera • • 9 9 17 I — 4 Lungs 9 9 9 9 142 1 — 46 Livers 9 • 9 9 44 1 ■—- 44 Heads .. • • 9 9 95 —, •— 91 Mesenteries ® 9 9 9 39 -—- —- 17 Forequarters • 9 9 9 5 —— — ■—- Bruising. Carcase and Viscera • 9 9 9 1 — — — Carcase meat • 9 9 9 108 lbs. — — 50 lbs. Osteomyelitis. Carcase and Viscera • 9 9 9 — —. — 1 Pyaemia. Carcase and Viscera • • • 9 — — —. 1 Dropsy and Emaciation. Carcases and Viscera • 9 9 9 1 ■— 3 -—. Fever. Carcase and Viscera 9 9 9 9 —— .— 1 — Fluke. Livers 9 9 9 9 69 __ 38 1 Other Conditions. Livers 9 9 9 9 242 —- 41 30 Lungs 9 9 9 9 24 1 5 22 Heads 9 9 9 9 4 •—- -— — Hearts • 9 9 9 — — 2 11 Udders • 9 9 9 53 — — — Kidneys 9 9 9 9 4 2 — — Carcase Meat .. 9 9 9 9 —- — 30 lbs. — Other Food rejected during the year inclu ded -209 lbs. of canned Meat, 37 lbs of canned fruit, 3 cwt. of kippers, 7 lbs. of prawns and 95 lbs. of dry fish. fish, 55 boxes of (d) Adulteration of Food.—Three informal samples of milk were taken, and also the following formal samples: milk 32, butter 2, lard 2, margarine 1, vinegar 1, sausage meat 1. Four of the formal samples of milk were reported as being not genuine. In three cases a warning was given and in the remaining case there was a successful prosecution. Of the samples of milk taken none were found to contain preservative. (e) Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food. There are no laboratories in the Borough undertaking examinations of food. Samples for chemical analysis are sent to Southern Counties Laboratories, Old Library House, Bournemouth; while bacteriological examinations are carried out at— (1) The Clinical Research Association, Watergate House, London. (2) The Pathological Department, Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro.