[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge UDC 1951].

  • Uxbridge (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1952]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge UDC 1951]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    regarding the condition of meat supplied to them in this area. The complaints referred to home killed beef and on investigation it was found that some meat was delivered to the establishments in a decomposing condition due to unsatisfactory preparation methods at the slaughterhouse or soiling either during preparation or transportation to the shops. The matter was taken up with the Ministry of Food and correspondence passed between that Ministry and the Council. Subsequent inspections were made of meat deliveries and the Council were informed that some improvement had been observed. (ii) Slaughterhouses. There is one slaughterhouse in the area where pigs are killed under licence of the Ministry of Food, while an occasional emer¬ gency slaughter takes place at another slaughterhouse. The following table shows the number of animals slaughtered during the year. In all cases the carcase and organs were inspected. Cattle, excluding Cows 1 Cows * Calves Sheep and Lambs Pigs Number killed Number inspected —• — •—■ — 118 118 All diseases except Tuberculosis Whole carcases condemned — Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned — Percentage of the number in¬ spected affected with disease other than tuberculosis Tuberculosis only Whole carcases condemned — Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned 2 Percentage of the number in¬ spected affected with tuber¬ culosis 1 t 1-7% The total weight of diseased and unsound meat included in the above table is shown below: — Tuberculosis Other Diseases Class of Animal No. of animals No. of animals Total lbs. Whole carcase Part carcase and offals lbs. Whole carcase Part carcase and offals lbs. Pigs - 2 29 — — — 29