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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

City of London 1894

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894

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Table: The following figures demonstrate the rapid growth in the imported dead meat trade during the past decade.

The following figures demonstrate the rapid growth in the imported dead meat trade during the past decade.

Year.American Killed.Australian and New Zealand.
188427,071 tons11,128 tons
189471,638 tons49,908 tons
Increase163 per cent.348 per cent.

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Note.—The American importations commenced in 1876
with 5,513 tons, the Australian and New
Zealand in 1881 with 565 tons.
While on this subject it may not be considered
out of place to allude to the importation
of live meat in this country.
During the year 1894, 174,843 beasts and
62,802 sheep were landed at the Foreign
Cattle Market, Deptford, alone, as compared
with 117,048 beasts and 10,502 sheep in the
previous year, and included an increase of
2,840 beasts and 26,338 sheep from the River
Plate.
Of the above 148,816 beasts and 21,451 sheep
were imported from the United States of