[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Dublin City.

  • Dublin (Ireland). City Council
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Dublin City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the meat sold in these shops is from animals slaughtered in the county but one or two obtain their requirements from the City Abattoir. Likewise some of the county slaughter-houses cater for city butchers but in these cases all carcasses are inspected before being removed. There is, of course, a legal onus on butchers to report for inspection any carcass which is diseased or abnormal in any way. Table No. 10 summarises inspec- tions of slaughter-houses and meat shops and animals examined ante and post-mortem by the veterinary staff. Table No. 10 Veterinary Officers' Reports on Slaughter-'houses and Meat Shops District No. OF Inspections No. OF Animals Examined Slaughter- Meat Cattle 1 Sheep Pigs houses Shops A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. Balrothery 241 178 17 370 45 1,091 1 North Dublin 93 42 13 251 48 863 — Celbridge 225 178 92 243 451 1,066 — - — South Dublin 253 10 209 1,503 852 6,321 . 97 Rathdown 275 46 203 521 81 2,859 — 4 Totals 1,087 454 534 2,888 1,477 12,200 — 102 Year 1959 1,013 381 483 2.635 1,471 11,833 1 2 106 It will be noted that there were increases under all headings compared with 1959 except in the case of pigs where there was a slight drop. Slaughterings of cattle and sheep for export in premises registered under the Fresh Meat Act and pigs in premises registered under the Pigs and Bacon Act are not included as they are under the control of the Department of Agriculture who provide their own inspecting staff and do not furnish returns to the Local Authority. Table No. 11 gives particulars of inspections made by the Health Inspectors during the year. There is no reference therein to ante-mortem inspection as these inspectors do not carry out such inspections except where animals are obviously diseased or injured or where their attention is drawn to same. Table No. 11 Health Inspectors' Reports on Slaughter-houses and Meat Shops District No. OF Inspections Number of Animals Examined Slaughter- houses Meat Shops Cattle Sheep Pigs P.M. P.M. PM. Balrothery North Dublin ... . Celbridge South Dublin Rathdown 446 227 171 135 229 612 57 105 244 410 1,265 892 130 671 933 4.052* 4,945 1,481 3,290 3,769 105 168 100 Totals 1,208 1,428 3,891 17.537 373 Year 1959 1.294 1.060 3,639 16,608 336