Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1904
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Table showing the annual deliveries and other details during the past 31 years:— MEAT SUPPLIES, 1874 TO 1904.
Year. | General Supply, | Seizures by Inspectors. | % of Bad Meat. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tons | cwts. | qrs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | |||||
1874 | 157,628 | 18 | 1 | 193 | 18 | 2 | .123 | |||
1875 | 164,450 | 8 | 0 | 153 | 1 | 1 | .093 | |||
1876 | 176,162 | 17 | 0 | 238 | 2 | 2 | .135 | |||
1877 | 197,631 | 16 | 2 | 198 | 19 | 0 | .100 | |||
1878 | 195,993 | 10 | 2 | 180 | 18 | 0 | .092 | |||
1879 | 212,987 | 14 | 0 | 258 | 4 | 3 | .121 | |||
1880 | 218,790 | 6 | 3 | 262 | 19 | 3 | .120 | |||
1881 | 224,677 | 19 | 3 | 503 | 12 | 3 | .224 | |||
1882 | 211,461 | 15 | 0 | 175 | 16 | 0 | .083 | |||
1883 | 223,085 | 8 | 0 | 212 | 4 | 1 | .095 | |||
1884 | 230,873 | 1 | 1 | 260 | 7 | 3 | .113 | |||
1885 | 243,296 | 14 | 3 | 214 | 0 | 2 | .088 | |||
1886 | 250,831 | 12 | 1 | 276 | 8 | 2 | .110 | |||
1887 | 259,383 | 12 | 3 | 261 | 8 | 1 | .101 | |||
1888 | 263,519 | 16 | 1 | 228 | 0 | 1 | .086 | |||
1889 | 276,429 | 4 | 2 | 234 | 18 | 1 | .085 | |||
1890 | 299,733 | 15 | 0 | 419 | 2 | 3 | .139 | |||
1891 | 307,519 | 19 | 3 | 476 | 12 | 1 | .155 | |||
1892 | 323,085 | 6 | 0 | 569 | 13 | 3 | .176 | |||
1893 | 318,163 | 1 | 1 | 608 | 9 | 8 | .198 | |||
1894 | 340,956 | 16 | 2 | 430 | 0 | 2 | .126 | |||
1895 | 347,283 | 3 | 0 | 598 | 19 | 0 | .173 | |||
1896 | 380,543 | 11 | 1 | 914 | 14 | 3 | .243 | |||
1897 | 393,307 | 2 | 0 | 918 | 3 | 3 | .233 | |||
1898 | 400,112 | 9 | 3 | 884 | 1 | 0 | .221 | |||
1899. | 405,456 | 9 | 2 | 1,172 | 5 | 2 | .289 | |||
1900 | 410,380 | 1 | 0 | 961 | 19 | 1 | .234 | |||
1901 | 415,510 | 15 | 2 | 1,271 | 1 | 1 | .306 | |||
1902 | 405,019 | 13 | 3 | 865 | 12 | 0 | .214 | |||
1903 | 415,915 | 12 | 1 | 1,142 | 9 | 1 | .275 | |||
1904 | 410,519 | 5 | 3 | 1,556 | 2 | 1 | .379 |
* The figures relating to the Central Market supplies are compiled from the Returns of the
Superintendent of the Market.