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65
MEAT SUPPLIES.
Probably there is no branch of social
economy more intimately associated with the
well-being, vigour, and contentment of the
people than the wholesomeness, inspection,
and control of the meat supply.
The enormous quantities of material dealt
with at the Central Markets alone must far
exceed in weight and bulk the deliveries in an
area so circumscribed as Smithfield in any
other part of the civilised world.
No apology, therefore, is needed in submitting
for the consideration of the rulers of the
City of London some statistical facts in connection
with the subject of such paramount
importance to the health of the multitudes in
greater and lesser London who rely upon our
City Markets for their consumption of animal
food, particularly on Saturdays, when prices
fall within the reach of the poorer classes, to
save meat from getting tainted.
Again, the retail butchers from a radius of
twenty miles round the Metropolis, i.e.,