[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Slough Borough.

  • Slough (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Slough Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tioned by the Ministry of Food in connection with the Government f°r t*le]?ontro1 of meat and livestock. The normal routine °fAU ca[cases and organs was made at the places of slaughter and for this purpose, 1,212 visits were made, resulting m the condemnation of 27£ tons of meat as unfit for human consumption and m respect of which 315 condemnation certifi¬ cates were issued. (Details are given in Tables 7 and 8). The congested conditions under which slaughtering and the inspection of meat is carried out stresses the desirability of possibletl0n °f a Municipal Abatt°ir for the Borough as soon as . f In, addition to the inspection of meat, 947 visits were made /S)<Jd$op!i. warehouses, and factories for the examination of ii0n°iS fffs other than meat, of which 13 tons were condemned as unat„ t0,r human consumption and in respect of which 737 Table 8a)eS °f condemnation were issued. (Details are given in r^ord appreciation of the full co-operation of the tS 0fr^he A5nistry °Tf Food and of the Meat and Food Traders with the Department. It was not found necessary to make any formal seizures of unsound food. y Table No. 7. CARCASES INSPECTED & CONDEMNED. No. of animals slaughtered & inspected Cattle. Ex. Cows Cows Sheep & Lambs Pigs Calves 2210 730 5332 651 1506 Disease Except Tuberculosis. Whole carcases con¬ demned . . 3 4 4 4 4 Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned 633 200 106 43 7 % of No. inspected affected with dis¬ ease other than tuberculosis 28.77% 27.94 % 2.06% 7.22% .73% Tuberculosis. Whole carcases con¬ demned 8 29 3 1 Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned 232 341 17 6 % of No. inspected affected with tuber¬ culosis 10.86% 50.68% — 3.07% .46%