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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: UNSOUND MEAT, 1912. The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—

UNSOUND MEAT, 1912. The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—

1912.Diseased.Unsound.Unwholesome.Poultry.Offal.Fish.Total.
tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrslbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
First Quarter39738254121121610281215327111621637611023
Second „301609203101539131891021338532100219321731
Third „2215081209123139123753193418280703199520
Fourth „4651249010241812151918117391232723302173121
Total13941216682225931186416281454313180101,1147317

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The above figures include 34,541 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.Unsound.*Unwholesome.
Per Cent.Per Cent.Per Cent.
190715.177.47.5
190814.278.27.5
19097.587.55.0
19107.184.28.7
19113.893.13.1
Average for 5 years9.784.06.3
191212.579.28.3

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*Including poultry, offal and fish.
TUBERCULOUS MEAT.
An account has been kept of the meat seizures during the year on account of
Tuberculosis, and of the diseased meat recorded above, 138 tons 15 cwts. 0 qrs. 25 lbs.,
or 12.4 per cent., was found to be tuberculous.
The percentages during the five years 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911, was
56, 54, 50, 18 and 20 respectively.