[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Hailsham R.D.C.

  • Hailsham (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Hailsham R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rural District Councils’ (Slaughterhouses) Order, 1824, and the Public Health Meat Regulations, 1924. At the beginning of the year there were 26 slaughterhouses in the District, of which 15 were registered and 11 licensed. There was also one knacker’s yard. The licence issued in respect of one slaughterhouse at Langney was not renewed, and the registration of another slaughterhouse at Hailsham was deemed to have lapsed, no notification of slaughter having been received for eighteen months. The total number was thus reduced to 24 on the 31st December, 1937. There were three changes of occupation of slaughterhouses during the year. Informal action resulted in improvements in the structure and equipment of the slaughterhouses, especially in the older registered premises. Details of Inspection. Below are set out details of inspections made, the meat with- held as unfit for human food, and the numbers of animals slaughtered and inspected :— Total number of visits paid in connection with slaughter- houses, meat shops, etc. 3,046 Total number of animals inspected .. . . 33,041 Types of carcases inspected as follows :— Bulls 144 Bullocks 410 Cows 2,289 Heifers 865 Calves 5,563 Sheep 9,141 Pigs . . 14,595 Goats 24 Diseased Meat Condemned. (a) By reason of Tuberculosis Estimated Weight in lbs. . . 141,775 (b) By reason of Other Diseases or Conditions . . 42,335 Total .. 184,110