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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: Some idea of the magnitude of the work of the Inspectors may be obtained from the following figures copied from the Annual Report of the Market Superintendent :—

Some idea of the magnitude of the work of the Inspectors may be obtained from the following figures copied from the Annual Report of the Market Superintendent :—

1897.1898.1899.
Loads.Loads.Loads.
Number of loads weighed during the year upon the Market Weighbridges for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of Toll due thereon197,634206,127210,332
Average daily delivery into the MarketsTons.Tons.Tons.
1,289½1,2991,325
Minimum on any one day325½195296½
Maximum delivery3,3892,8902,941
The heaviest weight brought in on any one day was on the 21st December, 18964,159 tons.

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One ton in every 346 tons of meat paying
toll in the Central Markets, Smithfield, was
condemned last year, as compared with one ton
in 452 in 1898, which affords satisfactory testimony
to the increased vigilance and efficiency of
the Inspectorial Staff.