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[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough.

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Publication/creation
1960
Contributors
Northampton (England). County Borough Council.
Type/technique
Electronic books
Annual reports
MOH reports
Subjects
Disease Outbreaks
Public Health
Sanitation
Water Supply
Northampton (England)
Attribution and usage
Wellcome Collection
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Inspection and Supervision of Food (continued) Of these, 555 are registered under Section 16 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955. There are also 3 dairies registered under the Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959. Due to the acute shortage of public health inspectors none of these premises was subjected to routine inspection. During the year, 7 butchers premises and 33 ice cream premises were registered under Section 16 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955. Meat and Food Inspection. (Tables 7 and 8). There was an overall decrease of 9,886 animals in the slaughterhouse throughput compared with 1959. The numbers of cattle and calves increased by 836 and 209 res¬ pectively, whilst the number of sheep and lambs, pigs and cows decreased by 8,887, 1,927, and 117 respectively. Table 7. Northampton C.B., 1960. Carcases and Offal Inspected and Condemned in Whole or in Part. CATTLE EXCLUD¬ ING cows cows CALVES SHEEP AND LAMBS PIGS HORSES TOTALS Number killed 13,564 2,138 1,455 59,309 18,841* — 95,307 Number inspected ... 13,564 2,138 1,455 59,309 18,490 — 94,956 All diseases except Tubercul¬ osis and Cystic- erci :— Whole carcases condemned 1 c i vi 10 2 22 11 61 Carcases of which some part or organ was condem¬ ned . 3,978 899 6 326 467 5,676 Percentage of the number inspected af¬ fected with disease other than tubercul¬ osis and cyst- icerci .. 294 j 42-5 0-5 06 2-6 604 ^Includes 351 pigs killed at Cattlemarket for a local firm and inspected by the Northampton Rural District Council Inspector.