[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Watford U.D.C. / Borough.
- Watford (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1959
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Watford U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![approved by the appropriate public health inspectors. This meat is impregnated with a green dye before it leaves the slaughterhouse premises, Cysticercus bovis 124 cases of Cysticercus bovis were discovered in the 4,178 cattle slaughtered in Watford during 1959. This gives an incidence rate of 2. 9°}o compared with 2 9% in 1958 and 2„ 8°]o in 1957. With the exception of one steer which had ten viable cysts (head 7, heart 3) and two degenerated, all the infections were very light., Carcases showing infections which might be transmissible to man were retained at a temperature not exceeding 20°F for three weeks. Distribution of the cysts in the affected animals is shown in the table Head Heart Skirt Other Viable Cysts 33 9 - 1 Degenerate Cysts 56 43 7 The cysts in 32 cases (25. 8<yo)were viable indicating that the infections were of recent origin. This compared with 25. 0% for 1958. Slaughterhouse Policy. There are two privately owned slaughterhouses in Watford. The smaller of these was re-constructed in part during 1942 and progress is being made to bring the premises into full compliance with the Slaughterhouses (Hygiene) and Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty) Regulations, 1958. The larger slaughterhouse which is an old one is situated in the centre of the town and the Council is anxious to terminate its use as soon as possible. The lessees of the premises would like to construct a modern meat works on a site within the Borough which is owned by the Borough Council and is suitable for this purpose; they would then be willing to discontinue the use of the old slaughterhouse.. The site of the proposed new meat works is being sold by the Council to the Company and the Town Clerk is negotiating with the owner of the freehold of the old slaughterhouse for its acquisition by the Corporation,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30239734_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
