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City of London 1933

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Farmers still complain of Foreign competition, but much of the beef, mutton, lamb
and pork compared very unfavourably with imported articles of the same kind.
In general, beef lacked finish, mutton was heavy and pork very uneven in quality.
GREAT BRITAIN.

Table: The following table shows the amount of British diseased meat discovered in the markets, a small diminution compared with former years.:—

The following table shows the amount of British diseased meat discovered in the markets, a small diminution compared with former years.:—

GREAT BRITAIN.—1933.
Beef.Mutton.Pork.Veal.Goat.
Carcases.Quarters.Carcases.Quarters.Carcases.Quarters.Carcases.Quarters.Carcases.Tongues.Lungs.Mesenterlee.Plucks.Heads.
Abscesses--53-71493-1-1537
Actinomycosis--—-————-3--—2
Adenitis--—-——2—-—--——
Arthritis--33-15—-—-—--——
Cirrhosis------------14—
Distomatosis--46-————-—--——
Dropsy--4-8—4—-—--——
Emaciation54757-53—38—3—--——
Hemorrhagic Musculature1—1-96—1———--——
Injury——2-2—3———--——
Jaundice———-8—7———--——
Joint 111—-----5--—--——
Killed in Extremis——22-10—12———--——
Leukaemia (Pseudo)——1-——2———--——
Melanosis------1--1--11
Myositis———-1—1———--——
Nephritis14318—12-------
Oedema——1-——————--——
Osteoporosis———-——2———--——
Parasitic Disease—21-------2---
Pleurisy and Peritonitis—173129669-----7—
Pneumonia and Pericarditis——1-2—3————-7—
Pyaemia-----2----—-——
Rachitis——2-9—-————-——
Swine Erysipelas and Fever——--10—-————-——
Tuberculosis (Bovine)157--——122—26—-—17
Tuberculosis (Porcine)——--49222-———561527853,710
Urticaria----1---------
Totals for 193322181,00021,082341235331581528293,767
Totals for 1932. 1721347111,500139859236171455876,152

Table: IRELAND (SOUTHERN).The consignments of food received from this country, compared with those of 1932, were as follows, viz.:—

IRELAND (SOUTHERN).

The consignments of food received from this country, compared with those of 1932, were as follows, viz.:—

Tons of Beef.Tons of Mutton.Tons of Pork and Bacon.Tons of Poultry and Game.Tons of Rabbits.Tons of Butter and Cheese.Tons of Eggs.Tons of Sundries.
19332,5572,3316,4711,717l81773
19322,3169398,6501,740552232

Table: The amount of unsound food surrendered is shown in Tables Nos. 18 and 19.

The amount of unsound food surrendered is shown in Tables Nos. 18 and 19.

Beef.Mutton.Pork.
Sides.Quarters.Carcases.Quarters.Carcases.Sides
Abscess--2-22
Arthritis----6—
Emaciation--4-12
Haemorrhagic Musculature--1-2—
Killed while exhausted--1-12
Pleurisy and Peritonitis--—255
Tuberculosis23——1524
Total for 193323823235
Total for 1932-1--47144