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DISEASES OF SWINE 



In this same year the postmortem figures were as follows: 



Postmortem Inspections, Fiscal Year 190S 



During this year the figures reported show an increase of about 

 6 per cent., both in antemortem and postmortem inspection, but 

 these figures are not so much due to the increased number of 

 animals produced, as to the large number of new meat slaughtering 

 plants to which the inspection was extended during the year. In 

 1907 there were only 708 establishments in 186 cities under United 

 States Government inspection, while in 1908 inspection was main- 

 tained in 787 establishments in 211 cities. 



In 1909 the inspection figures crossed the 55,000,000 mark, and 

 of this number over 35,000,000 were hogs. This was an increase of 

 only a little over 3 per cent., and was largely due to the fact that in 

 this year the inspection was extended to cover 876 slaughtering 

 plants in 240 cities. The complete figures of antemortem and 

 postmortem inspection for this year were as follows : 



Antemortem Inspection of Animals, Fiscal Year 1909 



Kind of animals. 



Cattle 7,547,969 



Calves 2,059,529 



Sheep 10,990,274 



Goats 69,882 



Swine 35,808,887 



Total 56,476,541 



Suspected.' 



40,175 



4,050 



2,305 



1 



22,665 



,196 



7,588,144 

 2,063,759 



10,992,579 

 69,883 



35,831,552 



56,545,737 



1 This term is used to designate animals found diseased or suspected of 

 being unfit for food on antemortem inspection, most of which are afterward 

 slaughtered under special supervision, the final disposition being determined 

 on postmortem inspection. 



