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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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NUMBER OF PIGS' CARCASES INSPECTED DURING 1950 WITH ANALYSIS OF SURRENDERS ON
ACCOUNT OF DISEASE.
| Month | Pigs Slaughtered | PARTS CONDEMNED. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcases | Heads | Collars | Fore Qtrs. | Hind Qtrs. | Legs | Skins | Hocks | Flares | Pieces of Pork | Plucks (Lungs, Livers, Hearts, Lights). | Wt. of Messenter-ies, Stomachs & Intestines | ||
| January | 6,847 | 10 | 139 | – | – | 1 | 51 | 2 | 2 | – | 15 lbs. | 724 | 980 lbs. |
| February | 5,485 | 15 | 142 | 1 | – | – | 21 | 4 | 1 | – | 6 lbs. | 585 | 1,030 lbs. |
| March | 9,478 | 32 | 307 | 1 | 5 | – | 34 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 49 lbs. | 1,097 | 1,860 lbs. |
| April | 8,328 | 22 | 202 | – | – | 1 | 40 | 6 | – | – | 22 lbs. | 1,099 | 2,260 lbs. |
| May | 10,391 | 37 | 269 | – | – | – | 35 | – | 1 | – | 21 lbs. | 1,474 | 2,140 lbs. |
| June | 8,806 | 42 | 316 | 3 | 1 | – | 41 | 4 | – | 1 | 23 lbs. | 1,520 | 1,880 lbs. |
| July | 6,804 | 10 | 159 | 2 | – | – | 23 | 5 | – | 1 | 34 lbs. | 799 | 1,460 lbs. |
| August | 6,631 | 10 | 142 | 6 | – | – | 28 | 2 | – | 8 | 28 lbs. | 910 | 783 lbs. |
| September | 5,930 | 5 | 110 | – | – | – | 50 | 4 | – | 4 | 47 lbs. | 987 | 1,210 lbs. |
| October | 6,891 | 20 | 185 | 1 | – | – | 29 | 1 | – | – | 36 lbs. | 1,164 | 1,360 lbs. |
| November | 6,890 | 12 | 192 | – | – | – | 43 | 1 | – | – | 69 lbs. | 887 | 1,230 lbs. |
| December | 6,173 | 11 | 123 | – | 1 | – | 39 | 3 | – | 1 | 40 lbs. | 728 | 1,360 lbs. |
| Totals | 88,654 | 226 | 2,186 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 434 | 33 | 5 | 20 | 390 lbs. | 11,974 | 17,553 lbs. |