London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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The sources of origin of the past four years deliveries are here expressed in terms per cent.
| 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | |
| Country killed | 30.8 | 27.8 | 27.3 | |
| †Town „ | 20.4 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 15.5 |
| Foreign „ | 11.2 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 14.2 |
| American „ | 20.1 | 18.8 | 19.0 | 23.0 |
| Australian and New Zealand. | 17.5 | 20.0 | 20.9 | 20.0 |
* Including American meat killed at Birkenhead.
† This includes American and Continental cattle slaughtered at
Deptford.
The proportion of English country and town
killed supplies is still declining, and the Australian
and New Zealand imports maintain the average,
but for the first time a marked increase is shown
in the percentage of American and Foreign
deliveries.
These figures illustrate two facts: first, that
the inhabitants of London are now more
dependent than formerly upon the dead meat
supply for their daily consumption, the weight