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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 1897

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1897

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Table: MEAT SUPPLIES, 1870 to 1897.

MEAT SUPPLIES, 1870 to 1897.

Year.General Supply.Seizures by Inspectors.% of Bad Meat to Good.
Tons.cwt.qrs.Tons.cwt.qrs.
1870142,038635631.039
1871147,491325920.040
1872154,0451728752.057
1873151,36617379143.052
1874157,628181193182.123
1875164,4508015311.093
1876176,16217023822.135
1877197,631162198190.100
1878195,993102180180.092
1879212,98714025843.121
1880218,79063262193.120
1881224,677193503123*.224
1882211,461150175160.083
1883223,0858021241.095
1884230,8731126073.113
1885243,29614321402.088
1886250,83112127682.110
1887259,38312326181.101
1888263,51916122801.086
1889276,42942234181.085
1890299,73315041923.139
1891307,519193476121.155
1892323,08560569133.176
1893318,1631160893.193
1894340,95616243002.126
1895347,28330598190.173
1896380,543111914143.243
1897393,3072091833.233

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* The large amount of seizures in this year was due to a series
of accidents to the Steamers bringing refrigerated meat to this
Country. In the S.S. "Celtic" alone, no less than one hundred
tons became putrid in a single voyage, and were removed by the
Inspectors.