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96,779 lbs. were diseased, and 43,497 lbs. were
from animals that had died from natural causes.
The quantity of meat condemned during the
last year is greatly in excess of that of former
years, the average quantity being but 154,003 lbs.
yearly ; and this excess is chiefly in the proportion
of meat from animals that have died of disease.
The amount of this kind of meat has been nearly
doubled during the year; and it indicates the
necessity for the severest treatment of those who
have consigned such meat to the City Markets.
In the course of the year there have been twenty
legal prosecutions and convictions of such offenders,
namely, nine at the Old Bailey, and eleven before
the Justices at Guildhall and the Mansion-house;
and the penalty has ranged from a fine of ten shillings
and costs, to fifty pounds and twelve months
imprisonment.
Besides the meat thus condemned in the City
Markets, there have also been condemned at Billingsgate
by the Meters of the Fishmonger's Company,
upwards of 774,000 fish, chiefly whiting, plaice,
herrings, haddocks, gurnets, dabs and dace; and
1,264 lbs. of eels, 9,572 gallons of shrimps, and
120 bushels of whelks and winkles; all of which
have been destroyed.
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