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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: MONTHLY FISH RETURNS, 1899. Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market, during each month of the year 1899.

MONTHLY FISH RETURNS, 1899. Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market, during each month of the year 1899.

Month.Weight of Fish Delivered.Total.Weight of Fish Condemned.Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
By Land.By Water.
Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.cwt.qrs.
january10,5543,12013,674151201 in 187 tons, or .11 per cent.
February10,4434,03014,473351121 „ 407 „ .24 „
March12,6544,08316,73726011 „ 643 15 „
April10,8363,52014,35630711 „ 473 „ .21 „
May12,6275,50818,135891501 „ 202 „ .49
june10,4894,57515,064103811 „ 146 „ .69 „
July9,7954,53014,3251141831 „ 124 „ 80 „
August9,9334,97414,90795011 „ 157 „ .64 „
September11,1274,97116,09885511 „ 189 „ .53 „
October11,2204,81116,0311041521 „ 153 „ 65 „
November10,5992,92613,52535831 „ 382 „ .26 „
December9,1923,46612,658131731 „ 911 „ .11 „
Total129,46950,514179,983750021 in 240 tons, or .42 per cent.

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Compiled from the Monthly Returns furnished to the Corporation by the Fishmongers' Company.