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City of London 1933

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Table: Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years 1932 and 1933.

Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years 1932 and 1933.

Month.Meat delivered at the Market, 1932.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1932.Meat delivered at the Market, 1933.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1933.
Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.
January39,80600710041,911005193
February41,297005118035,2870050113
March39,654006016140,054007593
April38,22300563336,463005293
May37,45100540039,328007503
June35,399006410335,037007020
July35,44300919035,0650094160
August35,4170014918235,01300141191
September39,4770010618236,6030098180
October42,540008616141,06100107192
November41,022009215240,6450076183
December41,037001352239,945005883
Totals466,766001,02190456,4120095440

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One ton in every 478 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets, Smithfield, was
condemned last year, as compared with one ton in 457 in 1932.

Table: Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 59 years:—

Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 59 years:—

Quinquennium.Annual Average General Supply.Seizures by Inspectors.% of Unsound Meat.
Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.
1874-1878178,373100192182.108
1879-1883218,200123282112.129
1884-1888249,58019224812.099
1889-1893304,98651461151.151
1894-1898372,44012274933.201
1899-1903410,4561811,082132•233
1904-1908414,9061111,584193•382
1909-1913427,146001,52023•356
1914-1918324,715001,370112•422
1919-1923403,3641001,849190•459
1924-1928477,405001,21020•253
1929-1933465,5500095800•206

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*I am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market
supplies, sources of origin, &c.

Table: *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.

*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.American.Australian
Country Killed. Per cent.Town Killed. Per cent.†Foreign Killed. Per cent.Home Killed. Per cent.American Killed.‡ Per cent.and New Zealand. Per cent.South Africa. Per cent.
192920.85.54.9-49.419.4
193020.54.64.8-49.220.9
193121.13.84.90.346.623.20.1
193222.93.64.40.143.525.40.1
193322.33.53.80.342.826.50.8

Table: The following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market are of interest:—

The following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market are of interest:—

1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.
Tons.Tons.Ions.Tons.Tons.
Average daily delivery into the Markets1,4911,5021,5541,5111,491
**Minimum delivery on any one day288208523368627
Maximum delivery on any one day3,1793,6944,5243,8774,061
The heaviest weight previously recorded on
any one day (20th December, 1926) was—5,259 tons.

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*Iam indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market
supplies, sources of origin, &c.
** The minimum deliveries relate to Saturdays when practically no wholesale business at the Market is carried out.
t Includes “ General Foreign Meat and Produce.” ‡Includes South American Imports