[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhondda U.D.C.

  • Rhondda (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhondda U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Carcases Inspected and Condemned during the Year 1944. Cattle, exclud- ing Cows. Cows. Calves. Sheep and Lambs. Pigs. Number killed 1.827 1,180 2,844 36,752 4,458 Number Inspected 1,827 1,180 2,844 36.752 4,458 All diseases EXCEPT Tuber- culosis :— Whole Carcases condemned 1 52 7 60 7 Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned 492 762 47 3,829 65 Percentage of the number in- spected affected with dis- ease other than Tubercul- osis 26.99 68.98 1.90 10.58 1.62 Tuberculosis only:— Whole Carcases condemned 7 26 4 19 Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned 130 231 1 — 683 Percentage of the number in- spected affected with Tu- berculosis 7.83 21.78 0.18 — 15.72 Tuberculosis.—It has been the practice of this Depart- ment for several years to forward information regarding tuberculous carcases or portions thereof condemned in the slaughterhouses in this district to the Medical Officers of Health of the Counties or Boroughs where the animals were purchased, such information specifying the identification marks on the animals so that the farms where the animals were reared could be traced.