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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 1898
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1898
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CENTRAL MARKETS, SMITHFIELD. Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, seized as unsound, and percentage condemned to that delivered during each Month of the Year 1898.
| Month. | Meat Delivered at the Market. | Meat seized by Inspectors. | Ratio of Meat condemned to that delivered. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs.. | ||
| January | 33,960 | 5 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 1 ton in 918 tons, or .110% |
| February | 32,090 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | „ 1,387 „ .075 „ |
| March | 35,577 | 16 | 0½ | 45 | 16 | 3 | „ 776 „ .129 „ |
| April | 33,576 | 13 | 3½ | 67 | 0 | 2 | „501 „ .188 „ |
| May | 32,726 | 13 | 2½ | 42 | 14 | 3 | „ 765 „ .130 „ |
| June | 32,301 | 2 | 2½ | 124 | 17 | 2 | „ 259 „ .386 „ |
| July | 31,542 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 10 | 2 | „ 482 „ .208 „ |
| August | 29,839 | 12 | 2½ | 103 | 1 | 1 | „ 289 „ .345 „ |
| September | 32,719 | 2 | 0½ | 165 | 5 | 3 | „ 198 „ .505 ,, |
| October | 33,014 | 12 | ½ | 80 | 12 | 1 | „ 409 „ .244 „ |
| November | 35,304 | 9 | 0 | 58 | 17 | 0 | „ 599 „ .166 „ |
| December | 36,559 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 16 | 0 | „ 531 „ .188 „ |
| Totals | 400,112 | 9 | 3 | 884 | 1 | 0 | 1 ton in 452 tons, or .220% |