[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council.

Fife (Scotland). County Council.

Date:: 1947

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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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During 1947, 300 more cattle, 1,971 more sheep and 29 less pigs were slaughtered as compared with 1946. The amount of meat condemned was 12,287 lbs., representing a reduction of 2-6 lbs. per head of cattle slaughtered. Other Foods. The following table shows the amount of other foods condemned during 1947 as unfit for human consumption. The amount in- volved does not differ materially from that condemned in 1946.