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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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Table: UNSOUND MEAT, 1904. The meat seized by your Inspectors as unfit for the food of man is classified as under:—

UNSOUND MEAT, 1904. The meat seized by your Inspectors as unfit for the food of man is classified as under:—

1904.Diseased.Putrid.Unwholesome.Poultry.Offal.Fish.Total.
tons.cwts.qrslbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.CWt8.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrslbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwtsqrslbs.tons.cwts.qrslbs.
First Quarter78123213112312291632011162418133260031727013325
Second „51180223680171715116421810260321012324507606
Third „28151421313320181212617134635213033734112318
Fourth „571031123912264653164313113501325000104374225
Total216170119521921711210222115932115822101732155617218

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The above figures include 34,157 separate seizures.

Table: The percentages of Meat seized under a summary of the various headings of the above Table and for the preceding five years, were as follows:—

The percentages of Meat seized under a summary of the various headings of the above Table and for the preceding five years, were as follows:—

Year.Diseased.Putrid*Unwholesome.
Per Cent.Per Cent.Per Cent.
18998.188.23.7
190010.185.94.0
19018.189.02.9
190217.477.74.9
190316.976.46.7
Average for 5 years12.183.44.4
190413.978.87.2

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* Including poultry, offal and fish.
As in 1903 there was again last year a decrease recorded in the proportion
of diseased meat seized, but the figure is still above the average percentage for
the preceding five years. There was a farther increase in the proportion of
meat seized as putrid and "unwholesome," the percentage being 2.4 and 0.5
respectively higher than the corresponding figures for 1903.