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From the above it will be observed that
there was a steady decrease in the quantity of
fish brought to Billingsgate Market from 1893
to 1895, since the latter year, however, the
annual quantity delivered at that market has
shewn a regular increase,
As explained in former Reports, the cooperation
of the Fishmongers' Company
under their Charter (James I., 1604) in no
way diminishes the rights of the Corporation
of London to deal with unsound fish, and, as
a matter of fact, the Inspectors of Slaughterhouses
and Meat do seize and destroy any
such discovered, either in the retail shops or
fish markets, in cases escaping the observation
of the " Fish Meters."
Fish so dealt with by your own Inspectors
is detailed in their weekly sheets, and included
in my reports laid before every meeting of the
Sanitary Committee.