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Following, therefore, the plan at present in
operation, and calculating the total daily
supply of 1,285 tons as sheep of 56 lbs, each,
we find that in a day of nine hours an
Inspector would be able to examine 135 sheep,
while for the closer observation of every
carcase deposited for sale daily at the Central
Markets, as determined by the experiment
above detailed, no less than 380 Inspectors
would be required.
This estimate might be dismissed as a
reductio ad absurdum if we omit from consideration
the methods adopted in some Continental
Cities for the inspection of meat. Thus, at
Berlin, we are informed in the journal of
Comparative Pathology for June, 1890, that
over 250 persons are employed in the business
at the Central Abattoir, comprising a Directorin-Chief,
19 Veterinary Surgeons, and 6 Assistant
Veterinary Surgeons, irrespective of 15
additional Veterinary Surgeons, whose duty it
is to inspect carcases slaughtered outside the
City and deposited at the markets for sale:—so
that if Berlin, with a population of 1,677,135,