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City of London 1863

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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No. VIII.—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 1864.

WHERE, AND WHY CONDEMNED.
Newgate Market.Aldgate Market.Leadenhall Market.Total.
Dead.Diseased.Putrid.Total.Dead.Diseased.Putrid.Total.Dead.Diseased.Putrid.Total.Dead.Diseased.Putrid.Total.
lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.
December 18631312322904990545832150012711202891132332893570818215946273641359556905
March 186474041993159427929864232531891296274312405195642499960635169
June 1864818516941238344896049714991996237631394352986711058215792818660823
September 1864.51341765139353621381193382470857256021362645684206929228374651776293
Sum of 4 Quarters3384 0773277363618485940548919828138015597105331439030520434979677988904229180
In 18631578036280524931545531458614628511075530862139420717451972032411412076061210505
This consisted of 975 Sheep, 56 Calves, 446 Pigs, 1189 Quarters of Beef, and 2713 Joints of Meat; besides 5 Deer, 1 Goat, 25 cases of Rabbits, and 1078 head of Game and Poultry.