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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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NUMBER OF PIGS' CARCASES INSPECTED DURING 19S3 WITH ANALYSIS OF SURRENDERS ON
ACCOUNT OF DISEASE.
| Month | Pigs Inspected | PARTS CONDEMNED | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcases | Heads | Collars | Fore Qtrs. | Hind Qtrs. | Legs | Skins | . Hocks | Flares | Pieces of Pork | Plucks (Lungs, Livers, Hearts, Lights). | Wt. of Mesenteries, Stomachs & Intestines. | ||
| January | 12,238 | 21 | 182 | 2 | – | – | 47 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 136 lbs. | 1,544 | 1,850 lbs. |
| February | 12,193 | 9 | 146 | — | – | – | 47 | 2 | — | 2 | 121 lbs. | 1,441 | 1,560 lbs. |
| March | 13,956 | 23 | 197 | — | – | – | 45 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 86 lbs. | 2,010 | 1,560 lbs. |
| April | 14,006 | 41 | 186 | — | – | – | 43 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 100 lbs. | 1,810 | 1,120 lbs. |
| May | 12,277 | 43 | 232 | — | – | – | 36 | — | 4 | 3 | 93 lbs. | 1,559 | 1,220 lbs. |
| June | 12,745 | 35 | 213 | — | – | – | 26 | — | 2 | 9 | 36 lbs. | 1,519 | 970 lbs. |
| July | 13,842 | 32 | 183 | — | – | – | 33 | 6 | — | 5 | 28 lbs. | 1,767 | 1,280 lbs. |
| August | 12,676 | 28 | 231 | — | – | – | 54 | 1 | — | 1 | 25 lbs. | 1,718 | 1,520 lbs. |
| September | 13,598 | 23 | 234 | 3 | – | – | 65 | 3 | — | 2 | 68 lbs. | 1,694 | 370 lbs. |
| October | 12,351 | 12 | 205 | — | – | – | 45 | 6 | — | 4 | 57 lbs. | 1,514 | 2,130 lbs. |
| November | 12,520 | 15 | 209 | — | – | – | 22 | 5 | — | 5 | 50 lbs. | 1,372 | 1,200 lbs. |
| December | 12,471 | 13 | 306 | — | – | 1 | 62 | 5 | — | 8 | 59 lbs. | 1,468 | 1,550 lbs. |
| TOTALS | 154,873 | 295 | 2,524 | 5 | – | 1 | 525 | 47 | 15 | 53 | 859 lbs. | 19,416 | 16,330 lbs. |