§ 165. Sir T. Mooreasked the Minister of Food if he can indicate the approximate number of pigs slaughtered at Ministry of Food slaughter houses during each month of the current year and what approximate proportion of these were sent by self-suppliers.
§ Dr. Edith SummerskillI will circulate details for Ministry-owned pigs in the OFFICIAL REPORT, but we cannot divide the figures for self-suppliers' pigs according to the type of slaughterhouse.
PIG SLAUGHTERINGS. January/October, 1947. MONTH MINISTRY OF FOOD PIGS. Number of Pigs Slaughtered at Bacon Factories. Number of Pigs Slaughtered at Ministry Slaughterhouses. Thousand Head. January 78 13 February 64 10 March 54 9 April 107 11 May 78 6 June 76 5 July 84 6 August 49 4 September 38 3 October 37 4