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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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NUMBER OF PIGS' CARCASES INSPECTED FROM 1st JANUARY TO 81st DECEMBER. 1012 WITH ANALYSIS OF SURRENDERS ON ACCOUNT OF DISEASE.
| 1942 | No. of Carcases Inspected. | No. of Heads Diseased. | No. of Carcases Diseased. | No. of Collars Diseased. | Noc of Fore Quarters Diseased. | No. of Hind Quarters Diseased. | No. of Legs Diseased. | Plucks (Lungs, I.ivers cr.d Hearts). | "Mesenteries, Stomachs and Intestines | Pieces of Pork. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8789 | 104 | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 8 lbs. | 4 lbs. |
| February | 3532 | 105 | 1 | - | 2 | — | 4 | 07 | 12 ,. | 16 „ |
| March | 347(1 | 197 | 8 | - | - | - | 3 | 104 | 35 „ | 21 „ |
| April | 3491 | 103 | — | - | - | - | 1 | 80 | 21 | 12., |
| May | 3282 | 145 | 2 | - | - | — | 4 | 92 | 08 „ | 21 .. |
| J une | 3348 | 133 | 3 | - | 1 | — | 3 | 85 | 18 „ | 10 „ |
| July | 45G(i | 187 | — | - | 1 | - | 2 | 91 | 42 ,, | 10 ,. |
| August | 5719 | 225 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 130 | 89 ,, | 120 „ |
| September | 0907 | 244 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 104 | 78 „ | 10 ,., |
| October | 7505 | 301 | 10 | 10 | 1 | - | 2 | 183 | 73 ., | 116 „ |
| November | 0598 | '250 | 9 | — | 8 | -_ | 5 | 122 | 39 ,, | - |
| December | 5993 | 250% | 12 | — | 1 | - | 8 | 117 | 25 „ | - |
| Totai | 58201 | 2810 | 45 | 22 | 11 | — | 41 | 1224 | 503 lbs. | 345 lbs. |