614 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 
TABLE 1.—Showing the frequency of infestation of native hogs with 
Cysticercus cellulose. 
Approx- 
Year. clauch- |ogein-| tte 
i tion. 
Per cent. 
SRE oats cb be eee saree ee oe eee oe ee needs tebels waraae te 75, 548 1,017 1.3 
SA Se eye § Sea ae ay ae en ae Saar eave Ps 5 Hee ee ata oe Sees ee 84, 736 1, 275 1.5 
NT oi as ction Sos ee ee Sais Soke asec newt aa dee., 107, 626 1, 282 1.2 
SS a rings Sorgen ds goles aap oe eaiksmala sas ocala mapen abe lietieds 108, 145 1, 275 Lt 
MPA Stans Vo catagctn sia enb ul op Wir csncaces ue doses asscecse wanes! 109, 118 1, 481 5 1.3 
PMU tie sous Seto gig Nae a cee Eee oods ees s os cape conan 109, 662 1, 123 1.0 
From the data with reference to the occurrence of Cysti- 
cercus cellulose in native hogs, it will be seen that the degree 
of infestation with this parasite is comparatively high. In as 
much as pork infested with Cysticercus cellulose is regarded 
by public health authorities as unfit for human consumption, 
and since in countries where meat inspection is enforced car- 
casses infested with Cysticercus cellulose are generally con- 
demned, unless the infestation is light, the economic loss sus- 
tained in the Philippines as a result of such infestation would be 
extremely high if meat-inspection laws were enforced through- 
out the Archipelago. It is greatly to be deplored that meat-in- 
spection regulations for the safeguarding of human health are 
not enforced in the provinces of the Philippine Islands. While 
it is true that in the provinces more than 1 per cent of the 
hogs slaughtered are saved (?) from condemnation, it must 
be remembered that the provincial population is buying diseased 
meat that is not only objectionable from an esthetic viewpoint 
but also dangerous to health. While Filipinos do not, as a rule, 
consume rare pork, the possibility of acquiring tapeworm infes- 
tation exists in the absence of enforcement of meat inspection. 
The fact that such infestations are actually acquired is evident 
from the undiminished source of infestation of hogs; namely, 
human feces containing ova of Txnia soliuwm. : 
Infection of man with Tzxnia soliuwm is to be avoided not 
only because of the discomfort which it may cause and because 
of the possibility of passing the infection to hogs, due to the lack 
of privies, but also because Cysticercus cellulose is capable of 
developing in man and lodging in the brain, the eye, the muscular 
system, the heart, the subcutaneous connective tissue, the liver, 
the lungs, and other organs. One case of Cysticercus cellulos® 
