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City of London 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: No. XII.—Account of the Meat Condemned in the City Markets and Slaughter-houses as unfit for human Food, during each of the Quarters of the Year ending September 1863.

No. XII.—Account of the Meat Condemned in the City Markets and Slaughter-houses as unfit for human Food, during each of the Quarters of the Year ending September 1863.

V/HERE, AND WHY CONDEMNED.
Newgate Market.Aldgate Market.Leadenhall Market.Total.
Dead.Diseased.Putrid.Total.Dead.Diseased.Putrid.Total.Dead.Diseased.Putrid.Total.Dead.Diseased.Putrid.Total.
December 1862lbs. 4183lbs. 27563lbs. 12084lbs. 43830lbs. 116lbs. 1978lbs. 147lbs. 2241lbs. 108lbs. 6208lbs. 3939lbs. 10255lbs. 4407lbs. 35749lbs. 16170lbs. 56326
March 1863409724327354931973166189752425878047550628416506733774413542976
June 1863478315819802328625225191126524011426166295792655150238961124540291
September 1863.2717185712883750125951660191535262032147013759172615700207014451170912
Sum of 4 Quarters15780862805249315455314586446285110755308621394 t20717451972032411412076061210505
In 186295135754413579806362424903287912335200712103296517075139447867917423110046

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Besides the above, there were 1132 lbs. of Meat condemned elsewhere. The whole consisted of 870 Sheep and Lambs, 90 Calves, 303 Pigs,
1178 Quarters of Beef, 2988 Joints of Meat, 22 Quarters of Venison, 2743 head of Game and Poultry, 1 Fawn, and 1 Goat; and there was also
condemned at Billingsgate Market by the Officers of the Fishmonger's Company, 1,312,651 Fish, 2412 gallons of Shrimps, 230 lbs. of Eels, 265
bushels of Shell-fish, 450 tins of Skate, 4 barrels of Auchovies, and 7 casks of Cod sounds.