[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough.

  • Banbury (Oxfordshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) Meat Inspection. During 1948, as in the two previous years, every animal slaughtered for human food in the Borough was inspected prior to sale. During the year the carcases, parts of carcases and offaB'' . detailed in the table below were condemned and surrendered Cattle Sheep Pigs Calves Total number of Animals Slaughtered and Inspected 1518 4880 270 1409 No. Weight No. Weight No. Weight No Weight Carcases condemned Tuberculosis 17 8205 Other Diseases 27 10310 46 2101 4 643 10 475 Totals (A) 44 18515 4b 2101 4 643 10 475 Parts of Carcases, Organs and Offals : Offal 44 5411 46 431 4 39 10 145 Livers 563 7121 151 325 7 18 4 7 Meat — 1858 — 372 — 128 — 57 Lungs 252 1818 1531 2997 74 219 — 19 Heads 96 2453 4 21 1 20 1 8 Tongues 93 717 — — 6 15 — — Head & Pluck — — — — — — — — Sweetbreads — — — — — — — Spleen 1 1 — — — — — — Tripes 12 276 10 43 4 16 — — Kidneys 13 43 2 1 4 3 2 11 Mesentery Fat 28 471 Totals (B) 1102 15169 1744 4190 100 458 17 247 Total Weights (A) & (B) in pounds ... — 33684 — 6291 — 1101 — 722