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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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The monthly deliveries during 1907 and the two preceding years are here
given.
Monthly Deliveries at the Corporation Markets, Smithfield.
| month. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36,326 | 5 | 3 | 38,503 | 4 | 37,133 | 15 | |||
| 34,293 | 15 | 33,703 | 3 | 32,870 | 17 | 3 | |||
| 35,753 | 9 | 37,461 | 35,484 | 3 | |||||
| 31,528 | 17 | 34,889 | 16 | 35,030 | |||||
| 36,304 | 7 | 36,176 | 14 | 36,829 | 2 | ||||
| 34,482 | 4 | 34,617 | 3 | 3 | 32,280 | 5 | |||
| 30,507 | 32,802 | 3 | 33,704 | 13 | |||||
| 33,060 | 3 | 32,979 | 32,504 | ||||||
| 33,557 | 13 | 32,026 | 10 | 32,136 | 13 | ||||
| 35,981 | 14 | 36,763 | 12 | 36,962 | |||||
| 36,336 | 3 | 35,490 | 34,905 | 14 | 3 | ||||
| 37,164 | 36,514 | 19 | 37,213 | 19 | |||||
| 415,296 | 421,927 | 13 | 3 | 417,057 | |||||
The sources of origin daring the past five years are here expressed in terms per cent, of total annual deliveries.
| British. | *Foreign Killed. | American. | Australian and New Zealand. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Killed. | Town Killed. | Home Killed. | American Killed. | |||
| Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | |
| 1903 | 22.7 | 6.8 | 17.0 | 10.4 | 24.1 | 19.0 |
| 1904 | 3.6 | 15.6 | 140 | 23.0 | 20.6 | |
| 1905 | 18.2 | 3.6 | 12.7 | 17.8 | 24.4 | |
| 1906 | 17.2 | 3.4 | 111 | 17.3 | 26.0 | 25.0 |
| 1907 | 17.4 | 31 | 13.1 | 16.1 | 24.6 | 25.7 |
* Includes "General Foreign Meat and Produce.''
From 1896 to 1902 American cattle slaughtered at Birkenhead and Dept.
ford were classed "country killed" and "townkilled "respectively. In 1903
they were included under the heading "American home killed."