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domestic consumption, in fact "dead" meat
only, with the advantage that by far the
greater portion is from sound and healthy
animals; the interests of the consignors
being to send only such to the Markets. It
will, therefore, be readily understood that the
ratio of diseased to unsound meat is very
small, and the following table may be a revelation
to many who think that all meat seized
and condemned as unfit for food should be
classed in the first named category.
As heretofore, the proportion of diseased
meat was very small; of the 918 tons seized
as unfit for food, the results were as follows,
viz.:—
Tons. Percent.
Putrid Meat 768 83'7
Diseased ,, ... ... 102 11*0
Unsound from accident or
causes other than above 45 5*0
Offal 3 0-3
Total 918 100-0
This table may be of interest to some and
dispel many illusions.