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cooked that the very centre of the joint should be
exposed for some time to the temperature of 212
degrees Fahrenheit. The instructions of Liebig,
in this particular, are hardly safe; for, although
a temperatue below that of boiling water may
coagulate albumen, and develop the flavours of
cooked meat, it may not ensure the destruction of
dangerous parasites. It is, therefore, better to have
the meat a little over-cooked than otherwise.
The number of fish condemned in the City
markets has been considerable—no less than
613,730 fish of different descriptions have been
seized in Billingsgate Market by the officers of the
Fishmongers' Company during the year. They
consisted of 211,700 whiting, 123,050 dabs,
104,420 gurnets, 67,776 smelts, 58,836 herrings,
38,586 haddock, 34,703 plaice, 10,571 thornbacks,
1,093 soles, 570 cod, and about 22,000 others;
besides 2,507 lobsters and crabs, 12,802 bushels of
shrimps, 494 bushels of mussels, periwinkles, and
whelks. 42 bushels of sprats, and 372 barrels, kits,
tins, and cases of pickled salmon, caplins, and cod's
tongues. All of which were destroyed as being
unfit for human food.
As regards the sanitary work of the year,
you perceive from Table VII. of the Appendix,
that 11,008 inspections have been made of the