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City of London 1904
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1904
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The monthly deliveries during 1904 and the two preceding years are here
given.
Monthly Deliveries at the Corporation Markets, Smithfield.
| MONTH. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons | cwts. | qrs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | |
| January | 39,000 | 16 | 2 | 35,116 | 4 | 3 | 35,575 | 2 | 2 |
| February | 32,193 | 13 | 2 | 32,134 | 9 | 1 | 35,154 | 4 | 2 |
| March | 32,915 | 8 | 3 | 35,039 | 12 | 2 | 37,542 | 2 | 1 |
| April | 35,221 | 8 | 2 | 34,823 | 16 | 3 | 32,746 | 17 | 2 |
| May | 34,704 | 15 | 0 | 33,870 | 4 | 0 | 33,641 | 8 | 3 |
| June | 31,864 | 7 | 3 | 34,407 | 9 | 0 | 33,966 | 9 | 0 |
| July | 33,115 | 14 | 2 | 34,655 | 5 | 3 | 30,815 | 18 | 2 |
| August | 29,340 | 2 | 1 | 30,758 | 18 | 2 | 30,339 | 5 | 1 |
| September | 32,134 | 5 | 2 | 33,033 | 19 | 2 | 34,807 | 13 | 2 |
| October | 36,020 | 18 | 2 | 37,939 | 16 | 0 | 34,122 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 32,320 | 4 | 0 | 35,452 | 10 | 0 | 36,121 | 8 | 2 |
| December | 36,187 | 19 | 0 | 38,683 | 6 | 1 | 35,686 | 14 | 2 |
| Total | 405,019 | 13 | 3 | 415,915 | 12 | 1 | 410,519 | 5 | 3 |
The sources of origin during the past nine years are here expressed in terms per cent. of total annual deliveries.
| Country Killed. | Town Killed. | *Foreign Killed. | American. | Australian and New Zealand. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Killed. | American Killed. | |||||
| Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | |
| 1896 | 30.8 | 20.4 | 11.2 | 20.1 | 17.5 | |
| 1897 | 28.2 | 20.1 | 12.9 | 18.8 | 20.0 | |
| 1898 | 27.8 | 19.7 | 12.6 | 19.0 | 20.9 | |
| 1899 | 27.3 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 23.0 | 20.0 | |
| 1900 | 25.2 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 23.2 | 21.9 | |
| 1901 | 25.7 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 25.5 | 21.5 | |
| 1902 | 27.2 | 12.7 | 17.3 | 21.5 | 21.3 | |
| 1903 | 22.7 | 6.8 | 17.0 | 10.4 | 24.1 | 19.0 |
| 1904 | 23.2 | 3.6 | 15.6 | 14.0 | 23.0 | 20.6 |
* Includes " General Foreign Meat and Produce."
From 1896 to 1902 American cattle slaughtered at Birkenhead and Deptford
were classed "country killed" and "town killed" respectively. In 1903
they were included under the heading "American home killed."