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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 1900
Report on the proceedings of the Public Health (Sanitary) Department of the Corporation of London during the year 1900
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Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, seized as unsound, and proportion condemned to that delivered during each Month of the Year 1900.
| Month. | Meat Delivered at the Market. | Meat seized by the Inspectors. | Ratio of Meat condemned to that delivered. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | ||
| January | 38,319 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 1 ton in 1,205 tons, or .083% |
| February | 32,814 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 2 | „ 619 „ .161 „ |
| March | 38,125 | 6 | 1 | 84 | 10 | 3 | „ 459 „ .222 „ |
| April | 32,786 | 15 | 1 | 59 | 4 | 2 | „ 554 „ .180 „ |
| May | 35,108 | 12 | 0 | 79 | 9 | 1 | „ 442 „ .226 „ |
| June | 32,646 | 5 | 1 | 81 | 5 | 3 | „ 401 „ .249 „ |
| July | 29,554 | 1 | 3 | 197 | 5 | 1 | „ 149 „ .667 „ |
| August | 32,293 | 10 | 3 | 114 | 4 | 2 | „ 282 „ .354 „ |
| September | 30,475 | 10 | 3 | 87 | 2 | 2 | „ 349 „ .286 „ |
| October | 36,180 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 11 | 2 | „ 543 „ .184 „ |
| November | 36,216 | 16 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 2 | „ 601 „ .166 „ |
| December | 35,859 | 11 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 0 | „ 759 „ .131 „ |
| Totals | 410,380 | 1 | 0 | 961 | 19 | 1 | 1 ton in 427 tons, or .234% |