Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1899
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MEAT INSPECTION.
The seizures of diseased and unsound meat have also been on a scale without precedent, having amounted to 1,172 tons 5 cwts. 2 qrs., against 884 tons 1 cwt. in 1898, the heaviest weight previously recorded being in 1897, when 918 tons 3 cwts. 3 qrs. were seized.
Month. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | ||||||
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January | 41 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 0 |
February | 40 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 1 |
March | 39 | 18 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 1 |
April | 51 | 14 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 8 | 3 |
May | 43 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 60 | 17 | 1 |
June | 101 | 9 | 3 | 124 | 17 | 2 | 114 | 4 | 0 |
July | 151 | 7 | 2 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 95 | 0 | 2 |
August | 107 | 6 | 1 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 6 | 1 |
September | 133 | 16 | 2 | 165 | 5 | 3 | 189 | 2 | 0 |
October | 81 | 13 | 1 | 80 | 12 | 1 | 162 | 7 | 0 |
November | 57 | 16 | 2 | 58 | 17 | 0 | 205 | 2 | 0 |
December | 67 | 11 | 3 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 89 | 3 | 1 |
918 | 3 | 3 | 884 | 1 | 0 | 1,172 | 5 | 2 |
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