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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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NUMBER OF PIGS' CARCASES INSPECTED AT T. WALL & SONS LTD. SLAUGHTERHOUSE DURING 1959 WITH ANALYSIS OF SURRENDERS ON ACCOUNT OF DISEASE
| Month | Pigs Inspected | PARTS CONDEMNED | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcases | Heads | Collars | Fore Qtrs. | Hind Qtrs. | Legs | Skins | Hocks | Flares | Pieces of Pork | Plucks (Lungs, Livers, Hearts, Lights). | Wt. of Mesente-' ries. Stomachs & Intestines. | ||
| January | 26,353 | 65 | 739 | —_ | _ | 1 | 260 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 604 lbs. | 5,526 | 5,480 lbs. |
| February | 24,144 | 48 | 818 | — | 3 | — | 340 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 735 lbs. | 5,410 | 3,260 lbs. |
| March | 27,924 | 55 | 926 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 433 | 3 | 134 | 21 | 883 lbs. | 5,586 | 5,300 lbs. |
| April | 32,831 | 65 | 1,063 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 389 | 15 | 323 | 31 | 1.197 lbs. | 8,083 | 7,300 lbs. |
| May | 29,752 | 96 | 919 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 236 | 25 | 152 | 47 | 1,018 lbs. | 4,456 | 8,970 lbs. |
| June | 31,704 | 68 | 901 | — | 1 | — | 190 | 42 | 117 | 120 | 1,331 lbs. | 3,123 | 9,740 lbs. |
| July | 30,408 | 70 | 616 | — | 2 | 3 | 235 | 15 | 91 | 123 | 778 lbs. | 3,274 | 8,740 lbs. |
| August | 26,639 | 85 | 648 | 2 | — | — | 177 | 59 | 55 | 105 | 551 lbs. | 3,833 | 7,160 lbs. |
| September | 29,215 | 59 | 842 | — | — | — | 197 | 57 | 48 | 21 | 406 lbs. | 3,608 | 7,530 lbs. |
| October | 32,150 | 40 | 1,038 | — | 1 | 1 | 202 | 24 | 20 | 115 | 494 lbs. | 4,277 | 9.910 lbs. |
| November | 32,801 | 33 | 904 | 1 | — | 1 | 244 | 60 | 23 | 118 | 338 lbs. | 3,819 | 8.440 lbs. |
| December | 32,143 | 30 | 1215 | 1 | 2 | — | 168 | 37 | 16 | 107 | 297 lbs. | 2,895 | 7,850 lbs. |
| TOTALS | 356,364 | 714 | 10639 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 3,071 | 360 | 1011 | 826 | 8,640 lbs. | 53,896 | 89,680 lbs. |