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City of London 1919

Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London for the year 1919

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Table: *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:—

*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:—

19151916191719181919
Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.
Average daily delivery into the Markets1,2201,077922688964
§Minimum delivery on any one day22713913561107
Maximum delivery on any one day3,2202,7802,3971,6682,101
The heaviest weight previously recorded on any one day (22nd December. 1913) was......4,398

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§ The minimum deliveries relate to Saturdays when practically no wholesale business at the Market is carried out.
One ton in every 142 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets. Smithfield.
was condemned last year. as compared with one ton in 122 in 1918.
* I am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market supplies.
sources of origin. etc.

Table: The percentages of meat seized under the various headings of the above Table during 1919 and for the preceding five years. classed as diseased. unsound and unwholesome. were as follows:—

The percentages of meat seized under the various headings of the above Table during 1919 and for the preceding five years. classed as diseased. unsound and unwholesome. were as follows:—

Year.Diseased. Per Cent.Unsound.* Per Cent.Unwholesome. Per Cent.
191410.080.010.0
191511.084.05.0
191613.484.12.5
19178.788.92.4
191810.187.72.2
Average for 5 years10.684.94.4
191912.382.84.9

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* Includes poultry. offal and fish.

Table: Table showing Weight of Meat delivered. and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound. during each Month of the Years 1918 and 1919.

Table showing Weight of Meat delivered. and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound. during each Month of the Years 1918 and 1919.

Month.Meat delivered at the Market. 1918.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors. 1918.Meat delivered at the Market. 1919.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors. 1919.
Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qre.Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.
January16,92100851024,13400175142
February14,7520011119220,18600124192
March15,518004918023,0410013221
April18,054003019122,92000136141
May17,387006319026,6900018372
June17,492008418322,88200104101
July18,051003476125,27600137143
August17,681002163022,54300189171
September15,7180021814026,0790016880
October18,9290016914127,00600270133
November20,0420017613025,81500219123
December20,543001754228,5720022540
Totals211,088001,30110295,044002,068183

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FISH SUPPLIES.
167.686 tons of fish. of which 158.326 were land-borne and 9.360 water-borne.
were received at or near Billingsgate Market during the year.
This was an increase of 37.056 tons in the land deliveries. and an increase of
9.207 tons in the deliveries by water.