Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909 page 111

City of London 1909

Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909

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Table: UNSOUND MEAT, 1909. The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—

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UNSOUND MEAT, 1909. The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—

1908.	Diseased.				Unsound.				Unwholesome.				Poultry.				Offal.				Fish.				Total.
	tons.	cwts	qrs.	lbs.	tons.	cwts.	qrs.	lbs.	tons.	cwts.	qrs.	lbs.	tons.	cwts.	qrs	lbs.	tons	owts.	qrs.	lbs.	tons.	cwts.	qrs	lbs.	tons.	cwts.	qrs.	lbs.
First Quarter	28	19	3	15	326	17	1	7	22	12	0	6	6	2	1	8	22	4	1	2	0	0	3	21	406	16	3	3
Second „	19	7	1	21	374	18	2	24	27	3	0	20	6	6	3	24	23	0	2	7	1	11	2	6	451	8	1	18
Third „	13	18	1	17	287	13	1	8	7	0	2	23	15	6	2	0	58	10	0	12	0	0	0	0	382	9	0	4
Fourth „	50	3	2	6	134	9	0	19	18	6	0	22	17	1	0	11	39	18	0	5	2	11	3	4	262	9	3	11
Total	112	9	1	3	1123	18	2	2	75	2	0	15	43	16	3	15	143	12	3	26	4	4	1	S	1503	4	0	8

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The above figures include 33,836 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:—

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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:—

Tear.	Diseased.	Unsound.*	Unwholesome.
	Per Cent.	Per Cent.	Per Cent.
1904	13.9	78.8	7.2
1905	7.9	88.4	3.7
1906	8.6	88.1	3.3
1907	15.1	77.4	7.5
1908	14.2	78.2	7.5
Average for 5 years	11.9	82.2	5.8
1909	7.5	87.5	5.0

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* Including poultry, offal and fish.
The percentage of diseased meat seized was the lowest yet recorded in the
City.
TUBERCULOUS MEAT.

Table: Of the 112 tons of diseased meat seized during the year, 56 tons, or 50 per cent., was found to be tuberculous, the percentage during the preceding three years 1906, 1907 and 1908 being 29, 56, and 54 respectively. The following are the details of these seizures in 1909:—

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Of the 112 tons of diseased meat seized during the year, 56 tons, or 50 per cent., was found to be tuberculous, the percentage during the preceding three years 1906, 1907 and 1908 being 29, 56, and 54 respectively. The following are the details of these seizures in 1909:—

1,182 pigs	weighing	lbs. 117,795
Pieces of pork	,,	2,847
58 plucks and livers	,,	422
Pieces of veal	,,	133
* 7 carcases of beef	,,	4,060
4 quarters and pieces of beef	,,	1,136
5 calves	,,	437
		126,830
Total weight 56 tons, 12 cwts. 1 qr. 18 lbs.

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Table: UNSOUND MEAT, 1909. The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—

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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:—

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Table: Of the 112 tons of diseased meat seized during the year, 56 tons, or 50 per cent., was found to be tuberculous, the percentage during the preceding three years 1906, 1907 and 1908 being 29, 56, and 54 respectively. The following are the details of these seizures in 1909:—

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Table: UNSOUND MEAT, 1909. The meat, &amp;c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—

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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:—

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Table: Of the 112 tons of diseased meat seized during the year, 56 tons, or 50 per cent., was found to be tuberculous, the percentage during the preceding three years 1906, 1907 and 1908 being 29, 56, and 54 respectively. The following are the details of these seizures in 1909:—

Table: UNSOUND MEAT, 1909. The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—