[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Tiverton Borough.

  • Tiverton (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Tiverton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RESULTS OF SAMPLING ; Source of Supply. ..... ...■ No. of Samples. Sat isfactory* { ! Unsatisfactory. jAllers Public Main. a t CO } j Warnicombe Public Main. i 6 | j 6 i ; Farms and Other Premises. ... II 4 7 1 I i FOOD MEAT, MILK: and OTHER FOODS. Moat. 377 Visits of Inspection were made to the Horsdon Abattoirs which was operated by The Tiverton Butchers Ltd., for the purpose of meat inspection. Ante-mortem inspection was a regular practise of the meat inspection service. The following table lists the number of animals slaughtered during the year and gives details of the amount of meat and offals con¬ demned as diseased or unsound:- i • - . Cattle Cows i Calves ’Sheep and ILambs \ Pigs i j ; i ■ ■.•• Humber Killed .... ... ... ... Number Inspected... ... ... ... 605 ti ! 24 n .... 99 ii [ 1 1173 it 1800 ! ti r * j ALL DISEASES EXCEPT T.B. i : | j i t i : ’Thole carcases condemned ... ... I . 3 4 39 3 1 : | Carcases of which some part or ! organ was condemned ... ... ... 189 „ 78 t no | | Percentage of the number inspected | affected with diseases other than T *B. ..o ... «o. ... ... ... 31.4/0 50 % 4.04 % . 9.97# \ 6.28#! 5 : | TUBERCULOSIS OHLY:- \ : i 1 Whole carcases condemned . ; : • . i | _ ** - _ £ j ! Carcases of which some part or i organ was condemned ... ... ... j j 23 j , I 1 1 1 1 I j; 46 ; | Percentage of the number inspected ! affected with Tuberculosis j j 3.97#! 4.17# ! i j : I [ ] m* 1 f, 2m56/i