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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



nation or passing of the carcass depending upon the result of the post- 

 mortem inspection: 



Ante-mortem inspection for the fiscal year 1902. 



Kind of animal. 



For official ' ,!^pJ/„^?:*- 

 abattoirs in l°iy,^°i^f'i 

 cities where ^^f^ °f ''L^ 



iTiinpctinn'» ^^^ miScel- 



^«,?f^^n°r laneons buy- 

 ers. 



were made. 



Cattle 5,733,698 \ 4,062.752 



Sheep _. 7,497,738 5,059,054 



Calves... _. 515,442 :323,785 



Hogs - _ 25,096,684! 10,867,846 



Horses 1,649 



Total _ 38,845,211 20,313,437 



Total inspec- 

 tions. 



9,796,450 



12, 556, 792 



839,227 



a5. 964, 530 



1,649 



59,158,648 



Rejected ("subject 

 to result of post- 

 mortem inspec- 

 tion). 



At abat- 

 toirs. 



340 

 1,180 

 1,259 

 3,576 



In stock 

 yards. 



41,&57 



15,&33 



4,240 



6,355 125,266 



There was an increase of 1,919,502 in the number of animals 

 inspected for official abattoirs, horses only showing a slight decrease, 

 and an increase of 2,789,338 in the total number of inspections. 



The insi^ection of animals at time of slaughter, with the number of 

 carcasses and parts of carcasses condemned and tanked, is shown in 

 the following table. The number of condemnations for trichinosis is 

 given under the head of "Microscopic inspection of pork." 



Post-mortem inspections for the fiscal year 1902. 



Kind of animal. 



Cattle 



Sheep 



Calves 



Hogs 



Horses 



Total 



Number of inspections. 



For official 

 abattoirs 



I On animals 



rejected 



in stock 



yards. 



5,. 5.59, 969 



7, 434, 878 



.5.55.8:^6 



25,277,107 



1,649 



29,722 



9,075 



715 



34,674 



38,829,439 



74, 186 



Total. 



5,589,691 



7,44:^95;^ 



556. .551 



25,311,781 



1,649 



For offi- 

 cial abat- 

 toirs. 



38,903,625 



Carcasses condemned. 



10,599 



4,020 



125 



a5,821 



25 



50,590 



Animals 



rejected 



in stock 



yards. 



3,684 



2,790 



445 



4,471 



11,390 



Total. 



14,283 



6,810 



570 



40,292 



25 



61,980 



Parts of 

 carcasses 



con- 

 demned. 



3,414 



71 



26 



13 934 



17,445 



In addition to the carcasses condemned as above and to those con- 

 demned for trichinosis, the table below shows the number tanked for 

 other reasons — bodies of dead animals taken from cars or pens at 

 abattoirs, or animals that, after inspection in the stock yards, had died 

 from disease or injuiy or were killed by municipal inspectors: 



On the next page is a statement of the total number of carcasses 

 and parts condemned and tanked, with the causes of condemnation, 



