Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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NUMBER OF PIGS CARCASES INSPECTED FROM 1st JANUARY TO 31st DECEMBER. 1941 WITH ANALYSIS OF SURRENDERS ON ACCOUNT OF DISEASE.
1941 | No. of Carcases Inspected. | No. of Heads Diseased. | No. of Carcases Diseased. | No. of Collars Diseased. | No. of Fore Quarters Diseased. | No. of Hind Quarters Diseased. | No. of Legs Diseased. | Plucks (Lungs, Livers and Hearts). | Mesenteries, Stomachs and Intestines | Pieces of Pork. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 8638 | 365 | 25 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 137 | 4650 lbs. | 4 lbs. |
February | 6831 | 240 | 16 | - | 8 | - | 3 | 116 | 5960 ,, | 50 ,, |
March | 7591 | 305 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 165 | 8460 ,, | 11 „ |
April | 9717 | 308 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 123 | 7000 ,, | 4 „ |
May .... | 6288 | 322 | — | — | — | - | 2 | 123 | 7400 ,, | 31„ |
June | 5209 | 229 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 160 | 5440 ,, | 31 „ |
July | 6076 | 208 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 116 | 5700 ,, | 38 ,, |
August | 2741 | 61 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 42 | 6610 „ | 539 ,, |
September | 2409 | 190 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 73 | 4530 ,, | 3 ,, |
October | 2646 | 149 | 1 | — | — | - | 2 | 61 | 3160 ,, | 6 „ |
November | 2493 | 97 | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 46 | 2530 ,, | 26 ,, |
December | 3948 t | 147 | 2 | — | 1 | - | 1 | 70 | 3050 ,, | 3 „ |
Total | 63861 | 2621 | 67 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 26 | 1232 | 64490 lbs. | 746 lbs. |