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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1912
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1912
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Table showing the Ports in the United Kingdom at which the importations from Australia, New Zealand and South America were discharged during 1912.
| Port of Discharge. | Australia. | New Zealand. | South America. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutton Carcases. | Lamb Carcases. | Beef Quarters. | Mutton Carcases. | Lamb Carcases. | Beef Quarters. | Mutton Carcases. | Lamb Carcases. | Beef. | ||
| Frozen Quarters. | Chilled Quarters. | |||||||||
| London | 774,581 | 771,336 | 367,285 | 2,164,632 | 2,674,769 | 127,871 | 941,670 | 363,749 | 408,856 | 1,124,485 |
| Liverpool | 847,029 | 423,055 | 353,606 | 110,328 | 403,598 | 18,835 | 1,341,229 | 476,327 | 1,035,196 | 606,000 |
| Southampton | — | — | — | — | — | — | 123,940 | 51,211 | 99,453 | 487,173 |
| Cardiff | — | 18,029 | — | 10,986 | 21,313 | 2,278 | 89,431 | 4,897 | 71,542 | 78 |
| Bristol | 14,886 | 27,269 | 4,997 | 14,936 | 52,126 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hull | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100,145 | 6,805 | 94,750 | — |
| Newcastle | — | — | — | — | — | — | 105,925 | 7,562 | 81,125 | 868 |
| Glasgow | 7,294 | — | 6,946 | 14,571 | 28,032 | 8,866 | — | — | — | — |
| Plymouth | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,376 | 2,390 | 3,742 | 2,103 |
| Cork | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11,647 | 91 | 12,361 | — |
| Totals | 1,643,790 | 1,239,689 | 732,834 | 2,315,453 | 3,179,838 | 157,850 | 2,717,363 | 913,032 | 1,807,025 | 2,220,707 |
N.B.—Tlie bulk of the year's importations of River Plate Chilled Beef discharged at Southampton and Liverpool was forwarded to London by rail for realisation.