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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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As a useful appendage to the above, the
following table shews the deliveries monthly
for 1897 and preceding year.
MONTHLY DELIVERIES, 1896-7.
| MONTH. | 1896. | 1897. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons | cwts. | qrs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | |
| January | 33,421 | 2 | 2 | 33,927 | 15 | 3 |
| February | 29,995 | 12 | 2½ | 29,928 | 3 | 0 |
| March | 32,450 | 1 | 1 | 34,827 | 4 | 04 |
| April | 31,170 | 4 | 0½ | 33,486 | 2 | 1 |
| May | 31,803 | 13 | 3½ | 31,700 | 11 | 1½ |
| June | 30,172 | 5 | 3½ | 30,902 | 8 | 3 |
| July | 31,377 | 5 | 2½ | 32,357 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 27,915 | 15 | 3 | 28,621 | 10 | 1½ |
| September | 30,450 | 14 | 1 | 31,356 | 8 | 2½ |
| October | 34,720 | 4 | 0 | 34,763 | 17 | 3 |
| November | 31,924 | 14 | 3 | 34,442 | 1 | 2½ |
| December | 35,141 | 16 | 2½ | 36,993 | 16 | 2 |
| Totals | 380,543 | 11 | 1 | 393,307 | 2 | 0½ |
The markets have been open for business
306 days, and the average weight of meat
passing through them daily is 1,285 tons.