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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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Monthly Deliveries of Fish at London Central Markets, Smithfield, 1905.
| Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 137 | 10 | 0 |
| February | 174 | 16 | 0 |
| March | 195 | 15 | 0 |
| April | 203 | 14 | 0 |
| May | 173 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 153 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 181 | 19 | 0 |
| August | 119 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 178 | 4 | 0 |
| October | 151 | 4 | 0 |
| November | 157 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 189 | 4 | 0 |
| 2,014 | 9 | 0 |
Of the above, 3 tons 16 cwts. 2 qrs. were seized by your Officers and
those of the Fishmongers' Company as unsound, equal to .19 per cent., or
1 ton in 530 tons.
Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market during 1905 and the five years 1900-1904.
| Year. | Weight of Fish Delivered. | Total. | Weight of Fish Condemned. | Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Land. | By Water. | ||||||
| 1900 | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | 1 ton in 244 tons, or .41 % |
| 149,615 | 38,069 | 187,684 | 769 | 13 | 3 | ||
| 1901 | 157,072 | 39,118 | 196,190 | 888 | 16 | 1 | 1 „ 220 „ .45 „ |
| 1902 | 169,951 | 46,232 | 216,183 | 1,148 | 7 | 1 | 1 „ 188 „ .53 „ |
| 1903 | 160,741 | 57,734 | 218,475 | 1,304 | 15 | 3 | 1 „ 168 „ .59 „ |
| 1904 | 185,872 | 57,934 | 243,806 | 1,098 | 0 | 2 | 1 ,, 222 „ .45,, |
| Average (5 years) | 164,650 | 47,817 | 212,467 | 1,041 | 14 | 3 | 1 ton in 204 tons, or .49% |
| 1905 | 164,016 | 47,626 | 211,642 | 674 | 3 | 2 | 1 ton in 314 tons, or .32% |