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City of London 1896

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1896

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Table: CONDEMNED MEAT, 1896.915 tons of unsound meat were seized in the City Markets, including a very small proportion from Aldgate and Leadenhall, during the year, under the following conditions, viz.:

CONDEMNED MEAT, 1896.

915 tons of unsound meat were seized in the City Markets, including a very small proportion from Aldgate and Leadenhall, during the year, under the following conditions, viz.:

Tons.Per cent.
Putrid Meat746about82
Diseased ,,112,,12
Meat from animals that had died from accident48,,5
Offal9,,1
Total915100

Table: The above quantity, arranged in monthly seizures, is shown in the following table :

The above quantity, arranged in monthly seizures, is shown in the following table :

1896.TonsCwts.Qrs.
January32181
February3781
March56153
April5641
May49172
June13843
July15152
August146143
September11543
October5102
November26191
December5211
Total914143