Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909
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*Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 35 years:—
Quinquennium. | Annual Average General Supply. | Seizures by Inspectors. | % of Bad Meat. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tons | cwts. | qrs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | ||
1874-1878 | 178,373 | 10 | 0 | 192 | 18 | 2 | •108 |
1879-1883 | 218,200 | 12 | 3 | 282 | 11 | 2 | •129 |
1884-1888 | 249,580 | 19 | 2 | 248 | 1 | 2 | •099 |
1889-1893 | 304,986 | 5 | 1 | 461 | 15 | 1 | •151 |
1894-1898 | 372,440 | 12 | 2 | 749 | 3 | 3 | •201 |
1899-1903 | 410,456 | 18 | 1 | 1,082 | 13 | 2 | •263 |
1904-1908 | 414,906 | 11 | 1 | 1,584 | 19 | 3 | •382 |
Year 1909 | 420,059 | 14 | 2 | 1,505 | 0 | 2 | •358 |
The sources of origin of the Central Market Supplies during the past five years are here expressed in terms per cent. of total annual deliveries.
British. | †Foreign Killed. | Amebican. | Australian and New Zealand. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Killed. | Town Killed. | Home Killed. | American Killed. | |||
1905 | 18.2 | 3.6 | 12.7 | 17.8 | 24.4 | 23.3 |
1906 | 17.2 | 3.4 | 11.1 | 17.3 | 26.0 | 25.0 |
1907 | 17.4 | 31 | 13.1 | 16.1 | 24.6 | 25.7 |
1908 | 17.3 | 4.2 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 26.1 | 24.7 |
1909 | 17.8 | 4.9 | 13.6 | 10.6 | 27.5 | 25.3 |
† Includes "General Foreign Meat and Produce."
Some idea of the amount of the work of your Inspectors of Slaughterhouses and Meat may be obtained from the following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market:—
1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Average daily delivery into the Markets | Tons. 1,375 | Tons. 1,358 | Tons. 1,335 | Tons. 1,368 |
Minimum delivery on any one day | 186 | 204 | 192 | 229 |
Maximum delivery on any one day | 2,607 | 2,594 | 3,235 | 3,918 |
The heaviest weight previously recorded on any one day (21st December, 1896) was | 4,159 tons. | |||
Some idea of the amount of the work of your Inspectors of Slaughterhouses and Meat may be obtained from the following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market:— | ||||
1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | |
Average daily delivery into the Markets | Tons. 1,375 | Tons. 1,358 | Tons. 1,335 | Tons. 1,368 |
Minimum delivery on any one day | 186 | 204 | 192 | 229 |
Maximum delivery on any one day | 2,607 | 2,594 | 3,235 | 3,918 |
The heaviest weight previously recorded on any one day (21st December, 1896) was | 4,159 tons. |
One ton in every 278 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets,
Smithfield, was condemned last year, as compared with one ton in 319 in
1908.
* I am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the
market supplies, sources of origin, &c.