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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: CENTRAL MARKETS, SMITHFIELD. Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years 1911 and 1912.

CENTRAL MARKETS, SMITHFIELD. Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years 1911 and 1912.

Month.Meat delivered at the Market, 1911.Meat delivered to Contractors, 1911.Meat delivered at the Market, 1912.Meat delivered to Contractors, 1912.
TonsCWtS.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.lbs.Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
January37,61800219231640,1520032720
February34,22500174171834,71400107143
March38,39700223421335,7680014752
April34,59300150183035,9840015192
May37,9390026153037,5850098112
June38,07000195132030,9470071102
July32,1230013830035,2580010332
August31,9590026081034,6530049132
September35,66500192120034,1600050132
October37,8830013400037,742006672
November38,89900202172036,073006463
December36,3530011391037,247008640
Totals433,724002,2661239430,283001,13422

Table: DISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS, 1912.

DISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS, 1912.

Date of Hearing.Where Heard.Before whom.Occupation of Person Summoned.Defendant's Place of Business.Result.
1912. Nov. 10Guildhall -Alderman Sir John Baddeley.Butcher-Silsoe, Ampthill, Beds.Fined £50 and £3 3s. costs or 1 month's imprisonment.

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IMPORTATION OF CHINESE PORK.
In January, 1910, I had occasion to call attention to the unsatisfactory condition
of a consignment of pigs, arriving in the City from China, and to the manner in which
these were dressed before shipment.
It was then arranged, inter alia, that future parcels should have the cervical and
intermaxillary regions cut and thoroughly opened out and fixed before freezing, in
order that the carcases, on arrival on this side, might be examined with a minimum of
trouble and loss of time. Although improvement was evident for some little time,
unfortunately this arrangement was not adhered to, and it is consequently necessary to
thaw out the carcases before they can be properly examined.