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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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NUMBER OF PIGS' CARCASES INSPECTED DURING 19.8 WITH ANALYSIS OF SURRENDERS ON
ACCOUNT OF DISEASE.
| Date | PARTS CONDEMNED. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pigs Slaughtered | Carcases | Heads | Collars | Fore Qtrs. | Hind Qtrs. | Legs | Skins | Hocks | Pieces of of Pork | Plucks (Lungs, Livers, Hearts, Lights). | Wt. of Mesenteries, Stomachs & Intestines | |
| January | 2494 | 5 | 85 | — | 1 | 1 (59 lbs.) | 27 | 1 | 2 | 34 lbs. | 177 | 900 lbs. |
| February | 3127 | 6 | 88 | — | — | — | 31 | — | 1 | 3 lbs. | 174 | 640 lbs. |
| March | 3983 | 13 | 122 | — | — | — | 36 | 1 | 1 | 11 lbs | 222 | 630 lbs. |
| April | 3950 | 11 | 112 | — | _ | — | 12 | 1 | _ | 50 lbs. | 231 | 580 lbs. |
| May | 4659 | 9 | 168 | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | 20 lbs. | 293 | 1010 lbs. |
| June | 4945 | 1 | 160 | — | — | — | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 lbs.. | 370 | 750 lbs. |
| July | 4417 | 8 | 141 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | — | 13 lbs. | 269 | 1080 lbs. |
| August | 4085 | 11 | 149 | — | 1 | 1 (28 lbs.) | 27 | _ | — | 9 lbs. | 275 | 670 lbs. |
| September | 3714 | 24 | 179 | — | 2 | — | 35 | 2 | — | 66 lbs. | 332 | 920 lbs. |
| October | 4046 | 26 | 128 | — | 1 | — | 38 | 2 | — | 37 lbs. | 422 | 1200 lbs. |
| November | 4433 | 14 | 101 | — | — | — | 41 | 1 | 1 | 55 lbs | 314 | 830 lbs. |
| December | 4530 | 6 | 128 | — | 1 | 1 (30 lbs.) | 51 | 2 | — | 24 lbs. | 383 | 910 lbs. |
| Total | 48383 | 134 | 1561 | 1 | 6 | 3 (117 lbs.) | 346 | 15 | 7 | 334 lbs. | 3462 | 10120 lbs. |