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City of London 1911

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

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Table: The sources of origin of the Central Market Supplies during the past five years are here expressed in terms per cent, of total annual deliveries.

The sources of origin of the Central Market Supplies during the past five years are here expressed in terms per cent, of total annual deliveries.

British.Foreign Killed.American.Australian and New Zealand.
Country Killed.Town Killed.Home Killed.American Killed.†
Percent.Percent.Percent.Percent.Percent.Percent.
190717.43.113.116.124.625.7
190817.34.214.313.426.124.7
190917.84.913.610.627.525.3
191016.85.712.67.132.625.2
191117.45.411.26.737.022.3
* Includes “General Foreign Meat and Produce.” † Includes South American imports.

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FISH SUPPLIES.
234,468 tons of fish, of which 163,377 were landborne and 71,091 waterborne,
were received at or near Billingsgate Market during the year.
There was a decrease of 6,591 tons in the land deliveries, and an increase of
1,784 tons in the deliveries by water.
MONTHLY FISH RETURNS, 1911.

Table: Some idea of the amount of the work of your Inspectors of Slaughterhouses and Meat may be obtained from the following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market:—

Some idea of the amount of the work of your Inspectors of Slaughterhouses and Meat may be obtained from the following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market:—

1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.
Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.
Average daily delivery into the Markets1,3581,3351,3681,3711,390
‡Minimum delivery on any one day204192229219171
Maximum delivery on any one day2,5943,2353,9183,2003,066
The heaviest weight previously recorded on any one day (21st December, 1896) was4,159 tons.

Table: UNSOUND MEAT, 1911. The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—

UNSOUND MEAT, 1911. The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—

1911.Diseased.Unsound.Dnwholesome.Poultry.Offal.Fish.Total.
tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwtsqrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
First Quarter2910123532172272114021227251441911110622521
Second „161404520002215132181311012780500245937126
Third „7701540611017144217486318697360061054619027
Fourth „3114010317133131900274216120651125103134771704
Total8552241,777232370123271271316176112252140272,239912
The above figures include 34,541 separate seizures.