Report on the establishment of public abattoirs / by Charles A. Cameron.

  • Cameron, Charles A.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Report on the establishment of public abattoirs / by Charles A. Cameron. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    “ In previous years the death rate in the dairies of Edinburgh and Glasgow has ranged from 15 to 50 per cent. “Even with our limited number of cattle, cases of epizootic pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases are not uncom- mon. “ The cattle sheds bill recently passed, and now in operation, if properly wrought, will do much to lessen the number of bovine diseases; and if all cattle labouring under febrile, contagious diseases were removed to a sanatorium, and there treated, instead of being allowed to remain in the dairies, as at present, contami- nating ail susceptible cattle, and widening the area of contagion, the death rate would be greatly diminished, and the inducements to kill and offer the diseased carcases as food for the public would be, to a very considerable extent, lessened. The maintenance of all cattle in dairies in a healthy state is of the utmost importance in ensuring a supply of wholesome milk—a matter of essential consequence to the whole population, but more particularly to the. children. “ I am decidedly of opinion, therefore, that a strict and compe- tent inspection, both of the cattle market and the flesh meat pre- pared in the slaughter-houses, should be kept up—an opinion grounded upon considerable practical experience of the subject, obtained in Edinburgh, and more recently in Glasgow. “Regarding the parties who should act as inspectors, there cannot be a doubt the most competent are professional men.” In concluding this Report I have to express my indebtedness to my friend Dr. Burke, Medical Su- perintendent of the Registration of Deaths, for affording me access to the valuable statistics of his department. 102 Lower Baggot Street, 2nd January, 1867.