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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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consisting of Country Killed (including American
beef killed at Birkenhead) Town Killed
(includes all meat slaughtered at Deptford),
Foreign (consists largely of poultry from France,
Italy, and Hungary), American, Australian
and New Zealand (including frozen meat).
The following table shews the sources that have contributed to the market supplies during 1896 and 1897, expressed in terms per cent.
| 1896. | 1897. | Difference per cent. ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country killed | 30.8 | 28.2 | -2.6 |
| Town „ | 20.4 | 20.1 | -0.3 |
| Foreign | 11.2 | 12.9 | + 1.7 |
| American | 20.1 | 18.8 | -1.3 |
| Australian & New Zealand | 17.5 | 20.0 | + 2.5 |
| 100.0 | 100.0 |
The careful supervision of this material
imposes upon the Meat Inspectors a great
amount of labour and responsibility, which
will be readily appreciated by a glance at
the figures displayed below, shewing the
meat condemned by your officers as unfit
for human food.