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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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BILLINGSGATE FISH MARKET.
Table shewing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, during each month of the year 1897.
| Weight of Fish Delivered. | Total. | Weight of Fish Condemned. | Percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Land. | By Water. | ||||||
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Cwt. | Qrs. | ||
| January | 9,177 | 2,274 | 11,451 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3/32 or 1 ton in 1185 403 tons. |
| February | 11,265 | 3,177 | 14,442 | 71 | 13 | 1 | ½ „ 201528 „ |
| March | 11,331 | 3,409 | 14,740 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 3/8 „ 269.408 „ |
| April | 11,316 | 3,831 | 15,147 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 7/32 „ 477.823 „ |
| May | 11,217 | 4,921 | 16,138 | 81 | 17 | 2 | ½ „ 197.106 „ |
| June | 10,545 | 4,094 | 14,639 | 176 | 15 | 3 | 11/5 „ 82.805 „ |
| July | 11,725 | 3,672 | 15,397 | 167 | 17 | 1 | 1 3/32 „ 91.724 „ |
| August | 12,330 | 4,366 | 16,696 | 135 | 14 | 1 | 13/16 „ 123.025 „ |
| September | 12,921 | 4,177 | 17,098 | 88 | 15 | 3 | 33/64 „ 192.572 „ |
| October | 11,694 | 3,570 | 15,264 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 3/8 „ 266.969 „ |
| November | 11,031 | 3,520 | 14,551 | 59 | 13 | 3 | 13/32 „ 243 786 „ |
| December | 6,423 | 3,265 | 9,688 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 7/32 „ 438 371 „ |
| Total | 130,975 | 44,276 | 175,251 | 958 | 12 | 0 | or 1 ton in 182 818 tons. |