[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough.

  • Chippenham (Wiltshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. MEAT inspection The Bacon Factory continues to maintain the heavy slaughter- ing of the last few years. The Wilt shire Bacon Company, during the year, slaughtered some 50,287 pigs on their premises. The Meat Inspection Regulations came into force on the 1st«.October 1963° The object of these Regulations was to require all local authorities to provide a 100 per cent meat inspection service, and this has been in operation since 1st. December 1963? all carcases having been marked since that date. The line system is adopted at the bacon factory, and the speed of slaughter necessitates two inspectors being present. I sometimes wonder whether the general public realise that this service is working constantly to ensure that all meat sold for human consumption is free from disease and fit to eat. Post-mortem and sometimes anti-mortem inspectiorB were carried out on 54?689 animals during the year. The Regulations provide for Local Authorities to make charts for inspections and the Council have decided on the following charges :- Wiltshire Bacon Co. 6d. per pig. T. Cartwright, Slaughterhouse, River St. Cattle - 27- Calves - 9d. Sheep - 6d. Pigs - 9d. The Slaughterhouse (Hygiene) Regulations 1958, and the Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty) Regulations 1958, were designed to secure the observance of sanitary and cleanly conditions in connection with the construction and operation of slaughterhouses and the handling of meat therein. They impose upon occupiers of slaughterhouses requirements as to the layout, drainage, equipment, maintenance, cleanliness, ventilation, lighting, water supply, management and personal hygiene, and provides for safeguards against the infliction of unnecessary suffering. The two slaughterhouses in the Borough comply with these Regulations, SLAUGHTER OF ANIMaLS ACT 1958 Twenty-two persons were licensed to slaughter animals. CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED - 1964 Cattle Cows Calves Sheep Pigs excl. and cows Lambs Number killed 1569 All diseases except Tuberculosis Whole carcases condemned Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned 223 Percentage of the number inspected affected with disease other than tuberculosis and cysticerci 14.2 2 13 2818 50287 226 0 107 7662 50 15.3 3.8 15.6