Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Description of Animals. | Years. | Number of animals. | Proportion per cent. of Foreign Animals. | ||||
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Home. | Foreign. | Total. | |||||
Metropolitan Cattle Market. | Metropolitan Cattle Market. | Foreign Cattle Market, Deptford. | Total. | ||||
Sheep† | 1876 | 852,680 | 767,930 | 38,714 | 806,644 | 1,659,324 | 49 |
1877 | 719,771 | 60,421 | 697,714 | 758,135 | 1,477,906 | 51 | |
1878 | 776,780 | 59,070 | 699,911 | 758,981 | 1,535,761 | 49 | |
1879 | 807,760 | 87,040 | 662,197 | 749,237 | 1,556,997 | 48 | |
1880 | 789,010 | 77,860 | 658,899 | 736,759 | 1,525,769 | 48 | |
1881 | 682,030 | 38,870 | 678,909 | 717,779 | 1,399,809 | 51 | |
1882 | 514,490 | 47,110 | 783,449 | 830,559 | 1,345,049 | 62 | |
1883 | 465,450 | 68,430 | 734,911 | 803,341 | 1,268,791 | 63 | |
1884 | 565,820 | 39,290 | 653,132 | 692,422 | 1,258,242 | 55 | |
1885 | 713,700 | 30,440 | 572,571 | 603,011 | 1,316,711 | 46 | |
1886 | 674,090 | 68,960 | 707,531 | 776,491 | 1,450,581 | 54 | |
1887 | 740,450 | 28,890 | 729,198 | 758,088 | 1,498,538 | 51 | |
1888 | 676,300 | 29,610 | 728,356 | 757,966 | 1,434,266 | 53 | |
1889 | 605,320 | 139,640 | 257,146 | 396,786 | 1,002,106 | 40 | |
1890 | 639,195 | 38,860 | 120,802 | 159,662 | 798,857 | 20 | |
1891 | 727,370 | 48,960 | 196,570 | 245,530 | 972,900 | 25 | |
1892 | 735,584 | 8,230 | 975 | 9,205 | 744,789 | 1 | |
1893 | 877,170 | ... | 10,508 | 10,508 | 887,678 | 1 | |
1894 | 772,310 | 73,120 | 62,835 | 135,955 | 908,205 | 15 | |
1895 | 610,470 | 132,270 | 230,202 | 362,472 | 972,942 | 37 | |
1896 | 639,1 10 | 890 | 284,537 | 285,427 | 924,537 | 31 | |
Pigs | 1876 | 1,821 | ... | 12,573 | 12,573 | 14,394 | 87 |
1877 | 1,675 | ... | 10,051 | 10,051 | 11,726 | 86 | |
1878 | 2,370 | 710 | 25,575 | 26,285 | 28,655 | 92 | |
1879 | 1,285 | 535 | 18,949 | 19,484 | 20,769 | 94 | |
1880 | 940 | 30 | 23,864 | 23,894 | 24,834 | 96 | |
1881 | 320 | 10 | 8,579 | 8,589 | 8,909 | 96 | |
1882 | 635 | 40 | 11,694 | 11,734 | 12,369 | 95 | |
1883 | 695 | ... | 27,790 | 27,790 | 28,485 | 98 | |
1884 | 830 | ... | 20,858 | 20,858 | 21,688 | 96 | |
1885 | 530 | ... | 14,514 | 14,514 | 15,044 | 96 | |
1886 | 280 | ... | 17,284 | 17,284 | 17,564 | 98 | |
1887 | 1,110 | ... | 18,680 | 18,680 | 19,790 | 94 | |
1888 | 1,475 | ... | 5,075 | 5,075 | 6,550 | 77 | |
1889 | 2,070 | ... | 3,223 | 3,223 | 5.293 | 61 | |
1890 | 4,728 | ... | 1,169 | 1,169 | 5,897 | 20 | |
1891 | 6,176 | ... | ... | ... | 6,176 | ... | |
1892 | 4,011 | ... | ... | ... | 4,011 | ... | |
1893 | 3,408 | ... | ... | ... | 3,408 | ... | |
1894 | 625 | ... | ... | 625 | ... | ||
1895 | 2,972 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2,974 | ... | |
1896 | 5,642 | ... | ... | ... | 5,642 | ... | |
Averages. | |||||||
Cattle* | ‡1856-63 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 316,595 | ... |
1864-71 | 169,955 | 136,366 | ... | 136,366 | 306,321 | 45 | |
§1872-80 | 179,833 | §85,599 | § 48,216 | 133,815 | 313,648 | 43 | |
1881-85 | 148,983 | 34,279 | 118,877 | 153,156 | 302,139 | 51 | |
1886-90 | 160,717 | 32,048 | 121,530 | 153,578 | 314,295 | 49 | |
1891-95 | 104,784 | 4,489 | 147,434 | 151,923 | 256,707 | 59 | |
Sheep† | ‡1856-63 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,486,701 | ... |
1864-71 | 1,113,401 | 459,475 | ... | 459,475 | 1,572,876 | 29 | |
§1872-80 | 825,506 | § 407,223 | § 329,887 | 737,110 | 1,562,616 | 47 | |
1881-85 | 588,298 | 44,828 | 684,594 | 729,422 | 1,317,720 | 55 | |
1886-90 | 667,071 | 61,192 | 508,607 | 569,799 | 1,236,870 | 46 | |
1891-95 | 744,581 | 52,516 | 100,218 | 152,734 | 897,315 | 17 | |
Pigs | ‡1856-63 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28,525 | ... |
1864-71 | 16,122 | 5,164 | 5,164 | 21,286 | 24 | ||
§1872-80 | 3,739 | § 233 | § 14,445 | 14,678 | 18,417 | 80 | |
1881-85 | 602 | 10 | 16,687 | 16,697 | 17,299 | 97 | |
1886-90 | 1,933 | ... | 9,086 | 9,086 | 11,019 | 82 | |
1891-95 | 3,438 | ... | ... | ... | 3,438 | ... | |
* Including calves, but exclusive of milch cows. † Including lambs. ‡ 1856 was the first complete year since the opening of the Metropolitan Cattle Market. § 1872 was the first complete year since the opening of the Foreign Cattle Market, Deptford. |