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City of London 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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The monthly deliveries during 1905 and the two preceding years are here
given.
Monthly Deliveries at the Corporation Markets, Smithfield.
| month. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons | cwts | qrs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | |
| January | 35,116 | 4 | 3 | 35,575 | 2 | 36,326 | 5 | 3 | |
| February | 32,134 | 9 | 1 | 35,154 | 4 | 2 | 34,293 | 15 | 0 |
| March | 35,039 | 12 | 2 | 37,542 | 2 | 1 | 35,753 | 9 | 2 |
| April | 34,823 | 16 | 3 | 32,746 | 17 | 2 | 31,528 | 17 | 2 |
| May | 33,870 | 4 | 0 | 33,641 | 8 | 3 | 36,304 | 7 | 0 |
| June | 34,407 | 9 | 0 | 33,966 | 9 | 0 | 34,482 | 4 | 2 |
| July | 34,655 | 5 | 3 | 30,815 | 18 | 2 | 30,507 | 8 | 1 |
| August | 30,758 | 18 | 2 | 30,339 | 5 | 1 | 33,060 | 18 | 3 |
| September | 33,033 | 19 | 2 | 34,807 | 13 | 2 | 33,557 | 13 | 1 |
| October | 37,939 | 16 | 0 | 34,122 | 1 | 0 | 35,981 | 14 | 3 |
| November | 35,452 | 10 | 0 | 36,121 | 8 | 2 | 36,336 | 0 | 3 |
| December | 38,683 | 6 | 1 | 35,686 | 14 | 2 | 37,164 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 415,915 | 12 | 1 | 410,519 | 5 | 3 | 415,296 | 16 | 2 |
The sources of origin during the past ten years are here expressed in terms per cent. of total annual deliveries.
| Country Killed. | Town Killed. | *Foreign Killed. | American. | Australian and New Zealand. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Killed. | American Killed. | |||||
| Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | |
| 1896 | 30.8 | 20.4 | 11.2 | 20.1 | 17.5 | |
| 1897 | 28.2 | 20.1 | 12.9 | 18.8 | 20.0 | |
| 1898 | 27.8 | 19.7 | 12.6 | 19.0 | 20.9 | |
| 1899 | 27.3 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 23.0 | 20.0 | |
| 1900 | 25.2 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 23.2 | 21.9 | |
| 1901 | 25.7 | 131 | 14.4 | 25.5 | 21.5 | |
| 1902 | 27.2 | 12.7 | 17.3 | 21.5 | 21.3 | |
| 1903 | 22.7 | 6.8 | 17.0 | 10.4 | 24.1 | 19.0 |
| 1904 | 23.2 | 3.6 | 15.6 | 14.0 | 23.0 | 20.6 |
| 1905 | 18.2 | 3.6 | 12.7 | 17.8 | 24.4 | 23.3 |
| * Includes "General Foreign Meat and Produce." | ||||||
From 1896 to 1902 American cattle slaughtered at Birkenhead and Deptford were classed "country killed" and "town killed" respectively. In 1903
they were included under the heading "American home killed."