[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough.

  • Newcastle-under-Lyme (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In In Dec. 1920 1932 1936 Registered 25 20 iS Licensed 6 8 10 3i 28 28 number of men licensed to slaught er animals in accordance with the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933, is 75. On the whole, the slaughter-houses are maintained in a clean and satisfactory condition, but they possess the disadvan¬ tages which are inherent in private slaughterhouses. One registered slaughterhouse, included in a slum clearance area, the subject of an order which has been confirmed, was still in existence at the end of the year. The standard of meat slaughtered and sold in the area is high. Shops deriving their meat supply from sources outside the Borough are frequently inspected and kept under special observation. The following are the numbers of animals slaughtered and inspected at private slaughterhouses :— Beasts. Sheep Pigs. Calves. Total. 1,984 6,635 3,858 547 13,024 The following tables, giving particulars as to the extent of disease and causes of condemnation, are interesting as showing the necessity for meat inspection by competent officers :— Surrenders of Unsound Meat. (Slaughterhouses) . Beasts. Sheep. p. Pigs. Calves. Total. Whole Carcases (including Organs) 11 1 5 17 Part Carcases ... 10 3 0 15 Heads ... 95 — 203 298 Lungs ... 116 0 j 170 289 Livers ... 83 20 117 —- 220 Hearts ... 12 —- 100 — 112 Kidneys 25 — TO 35 Spleens... 15 •— 21 36 Stomachs 20 —1 41 61 Omentum 13 — 9 - 22 Mesenteries (Intestines) 44 — 70 — n4 Udders n t - 1 7 /