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City of London 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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*The sources of origin of the Central Markets Supplies during the past five years
are here expressed in terms per cent. of the total annual deliveries.
British.
†Foreign
Killed.
American.
Australian
and
New Zealand
Country
Killed.
Town
Killed.
Home
Killed.
American
Killed.
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
1919 24.8 11.4 0.5 — 41.9 21.4
1920 17.6 6.7 2.6 — 39.0 34.1
1921 14.1 4.9 6.7 2.1 41.3 30.9
1922 14.7 4.3 9.7 1.7 42.0 27.6
1923 14.7 5.1 9.6 0.6 47.7 22.3
† Includes "General Foreign Meat and Produce."
† Includes South American Imports.
*Some idea of the amount of the work of your Inspectors of Slaughter-houses
and Meat may be obtained from the following figures supplied by the Superintendent
of the Market:—
1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923.
Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. . Tons.
Average daily delivery into the Markets 964 1,192 1,389 1,513 1,532
‡ Minimum delivery on any one day 107 101 101 142 169
Maximum delivery on any one day 2,101 3,103 3,537 3,659 3,411
The heaviest weight previously recorded on
any one day (22nd December, 1913) was— 4,398 tons.
‡ The minimum deliveries relate to Saturdays when practically no wholesale business at the Market is carried out.
One ton in every 336 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets, Smithfield,
was condemned last year, as compared with one ton in 320 in 1922.
Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years 1922 and 1923.
| Month. | Meat delivered at the Market, 1922. | Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1922. | Meat delivered at the Market, 1923. | Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1923. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons | cwts. | qrs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | |
| January | 42,201 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 2 | l | 42,013 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 11 | 1 |
| February | 35,551 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 19 | 0 | 36,806 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 11 | 3 |
| March | 42,448 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 16 | 0 | 39,106 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 6 | 2 |
| April | 35,198 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 17 | 3 | 41,131 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 19 | 1 |
| May | 37,895 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 1 | 1 | 41,147 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 38,351 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 18 | 0 | 37,835 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 13 | 3 |
| July | 37,644 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 30,245 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 16 | 0 |
| August | 37,228 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 8 | 2 | 38,940 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 19 | 1 |
| September | 36,431 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 2 | 3 | 35,860 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 4 | 1 |
| October | 41,191 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 14 | 3 | 42,992 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 15 | 1 |
| November | 40,655 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 15 | 2 | 42,893 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 19 | 2 |
| December | 38,281 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 41,430 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 463,074 | 0 | 0 | 1,445 | 14 | 3 | 470,398 | 0 | 0 | 1,404 | 3 | 3 |
| * I am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market supplies, sources of origin, &c. | ||||||||||||
INFLATION OF VEAL.
One of the Metropolitan Borough Councils during the year made representations
to the London County Council that powers should be sought in the proposed
County Council's (General Powers) Bill to prohibit inflation, whether by mechanical
means or otherwise, of meat and fish intended for sale for human consumption.
The Corporation are the owners of the largest slaughter-house in London,
which is situate at Islington, and they are also responsible for the control of those
situate at Aldgate, and the London County Council, presumably for this reason,
asked the views of the Corporation on the subject.