[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough.

  • Barrow-in-Furness (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VETERINARY INSPECTOR’S DEPARTMENT. REPORT, 1934. Owing to the regrettable death of Mr. J. Latta, the Authority’s Vet- erinary Officer, on the 16th October, 1934, the duties have been carried on since that date by Capt. R. W, Glaister, M.R.C.V.S. The following is a summary of the work done :— MEAT INSPECTION. The quality of all the Meat examined during the year has been well maintained. RETURN OF ANIMALS KILLED AND DRESSED FOR FOOD IN THE BOROUGH PUBLIC ABATTOIR. Year Cattle. Calves. j Sheep. Pigs. Total. 1930 3459 2098 17128 4118 26,803 1931 i 3307 1796 19301 5026 29,430 1932 j 3117 1994 25504 5486 36,101 1933 3116 1997 25927 5284 36.324 1934 i 3436 2754 25538 5778 37,506 Increase 320 757 494 I 1,182 Decrease ... — — 389 — — NO. OF COMPLETE CARCASES OF DISEASED OR INJURED ANIMALS SURRENDERED OR SEIZED, GIVING THE CAUSE OF SEIZURE. Disease. I Beef. Veal. Mutton. Pork. Total. Abscess ! * * * 2 2 Decomposition i ... Dropsy 5 ... 22 1 28 Emaciation 7 21 . 28 Inflammation 9 2 6 7 24 Septicaemia Parasitic 1 2 2 Tuberculosis Jaundice Suffocation 99 ... 26 127 Total 120 3 53 36 212 During 1933 ... 93 7 109 40 249 Increase 27 ... Decrease ... 4 56 4 37