[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge UDC 1953].

  • Uxbridge (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1954]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge UDC 1953]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ice Cream: Unhygienic serving methods Animals: Nuisance from keeping animals Miscellaneous ... 8 8 Total 308 MEAT INSPECTION (i) Butchers' Shops. During the year 14 cwts. 65 lbs. of fresh meat, home killed and imported, was found to be unfit for human consumption and destroyed. (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 Cows Calves Sheep and Lambs Pigs Number killed... Number inspected . •— — — — 110 110 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 ... 3 Percentage of the number in¬ spected affected with tuber¬ culosis 2-7 %