Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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No. XII.—Account of the Meat Condemned in the City Markets and Slaughter-houses as unfit for human Food, during each of the Quarters of the Year ending September 1863.
V/HERE, AND WHY CONDEMNED. | ||||||||||||||||
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Newgate Market. | Aldgate Market. | Leadenhall Market. | Total. | |||||||||||||
Dead. | Diseased. | Putrid. | Total. | Dead. | Diseased. | Putrid. | Total. | Dead. | Diseased. | Putrid. | Total. | Dead. | Diseased. | Putrid. | Total. | |
December 1862 | lbs. 4183 | lbs. 27563 | lbs. 12084 | lbs. 43830 | lbs. 116 | lbs. 1978 | lbs. 147 | lbs. 2241 | lbs. 108 | lbs. 6208 | lbs. 3939 | lbs. 10255 | lbs. 4407 | lbs. 35749 | lbs. 16170 | lbs. 56326 |
March 1863 | 4097 | 24327 | 3549 | 31973 | 166 | 1897 | 524 | 2587 | 804 | 7550 | 62 | 8416 | 5067 | 33774 | 4135 | 42976 |
June 1863 | 4783 | 15819 | 8023 | 28625 | 225 | 1911 | 265 | 2401 | 142 | 6166 | 2957 | 9265 | 5150 | 23896 | 11245 | 40291 |
September 1863. | 2717 | 18571 | 28837 | 50125 | 951 | 660 | 1915 | 3526 | 2032 | 1470 | 13759 | 17261 | 5700 | 20701 | 44511 | 70912 |
Sum of 4 Quarters | 15780 | 86280 | 52493 | 154553 | 1458 | 6446 | 2851 | 10755 | 3086 | 21394 t | 20717 | 45197 | 20324 | 114120 | 76061 | 210505 |
In 1862 | 9513 | 57544 | 13579 | 80636 | 2424 | 9032 | 879 | 12335 | 2007 | 12103 | 2965 | 17075 | 13944 | 78679 | 17423 | 110046 |
Besides the above, there were 1132 lbs. of Meat condemned elsewhere. The whole consisted of 870 Sheep and Lambs, 90 Calves, 303 Pigs,
1178 Quarters of Beef, 2988 Joints of Meat, 22 Quarters of Venison, 2743 head of Game and Poultry, 1 Fawn, and 1 Goat; and there was also
condemned at Billingsgate Market by the Officers of the Fishmonger's Company, 1,312,651 Fish, 2412 gallons of Shrimps, 230 lbs. of Eels, 265
bushels of Shell-fish, 450 tins of Skate, 4 barrels of Auchovies, and 7 casks of Cod sounds.