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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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NUMBER OF PIGS' CARCASES INSPECTED FROM 1st JANUARY TO 31st DECEMBER, 1939 WITH ANALYSIS OF SURRENDERS ON ACCOUNT OF DISEASE.
| 1939 | No. of Carcases Inspected. | No. of Heads Diseased. | No. of Carcases Diseased. | No. of Sides Diseased. | No. of Fore Quarters Diseased. | No. of Hind Quarters Diseased. | No. of Legs Diseased. | Weight of Ribs Diseased. | Plucks (Lungs, Livers and Hearts). | Mesenteries, Stomachs and Intestines | Pieces of Pork. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2702 | 145 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 43 lbs. | 76 | 223 lbs. | - |
| February | 2542 | 117 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 225 „ | - |
| March | 3099 | 100 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 188 ,, | - |
| April | 2369 | 83 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 40 lbs. | 72 | 350 ,, | - |
| May | 2527 | 90 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 46 lbs. | 130 | 390 „ | - |
| June | 2756 | 117 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 193 | 420 ,, | -' |
| July | 2771 | 88 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 135 | 450 ,, | - |
| August | 2890 | 91 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 127 | 456 „ | 435 lbs. |
| September | 2602 | 53 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 330 ,, | - |
| October | 2480 | 71 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 32 lbs. | - | 386 „ | - |
| November | 3030 | 62 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 478 ,, | - |
| December | 3768 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 lbs. | - | 785 | - |
| Total | 33536 | 1108 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 171 lbs. | 745 | 4681 ,, | 435 lbs. |