Annual report / Municipality of Singapore, Health Department.

  • Singapore. Municipality Health Department.
Date:
[1952]
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Credit: Annual report / Municipality of Singapore, Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NUMBER OF PIGS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES SLAUGHTERED AT ABATTOIR AND APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF PORK PRODUCED IN 1951 AND 1952 1952 — 1951 • No. of pigs Slaughtered Approximate weight katties No. of pigs Slaughtered Approximate weight katties Local pigs—Average carcase weight, 55 katties 305,300 16,791,500 183,662 10,101,410 Federation pigs—Average carcase weight, 60 katties 6,576 394,560 28,675 1,720,500 Bali pigs—Average carcase weight, 90 katties 8,200 738,000 26,111 2,349,990 Saigon pigs—Average carcase weight, 80 katties • • • • 3 240 Total 320,076 17,924,060 238,451 14,172,140 CARCASES TOTALLY CONDEMNED AT THE ABATTOIR 1952 Swine Sheep Oxen Buffaloes Goats Total Condemned 25 85 28 12 6 156 REVENUE The total revenue (excluding rent received for use of chilling room) from the Abattoirs in 1952 was $759,019.10. This is the highest revenue ever recorded for the Abattoirs, the previous highest being $673,757.95 in 1949. TABLE 4 BURIAL GROUNDS 1952 Deaths regis¬ tered within the City Area Burials and Cremations made in City Cemete¬ ries and licensed burial grounds in the City Area Exhumations Europeans .. 65 65 (2) Eurasians .. 71 88 (1) • • Chinese 7,355 4,599 (4) 17,277 Malays 1,141 1,229 • . Indians 696 838 (193) 34 Others 44 55 (1) Total 9,372 6,874 (201) 17,311 Figures in brackets denote number cremated.