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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 1899

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1899

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Table: Table showing the annual deliveries and other details since I have held office during the past 26 years:— MEAT SUPPLIES, 1874 TO 1899.

Table showing the annual deliveries and other details since I have held office during the past 26 years:— MEAT SUPPLIES, 1874 TO 1899.

Year.General Supply.Seizures by Inspectors.% of Bad Meat to Good.
Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
1874157,628181193182•123
1875164,4508015311•093
1876176,16217023822•135
1877197,631162198190•100
1878195,993102180180•092
1879212,98714025843•121
1880218,79063262193•120
1881224,677193503123•224
1882211,461150175160•083
1883223,0858021241•095
1884230,8731126073•113
1885243,29614321402•088
1886250,83112127682•110
1887259,38312326181•101
1888263,51916122801•086
1889276,42942234181•085
1890299,73315041923•139
1891307,519193476121•155
1892323,08560569133•176
1893318,1631160893•193
1894340,95616243002•126
1895347,28330598190•173
1896380,543111914143•243
1897393,3072091833•233
1898400,1129388410•221
1899405,456921,17252•289