[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ] page 134

City of London 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: Some idea of the amount of the work of your Inspectors of Slaughterhouses and Meat may be obtained from the following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market:—

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Some idea of the amount of the work of your Inspectors of Slaughterhouses and Meat may be obtained from the following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market:—

	1905.	1906.	1907.
Average daily delivery into the Markets	Tons. 1,352	Tons. 1,375	Tons. 1,358
Minimum delivery on any one day .	223	186	204
Maximum delivery on any one day	3,769	2,607	2,594
The heaviest weight previously recorded on any one day (21st December, 1896) was		4,159 tons.

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One ton in every 401 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets,
Smithfield, was condemned last year, as compared with one ton in 220 in
1906.
MEAT INSPECTION.

Table: • The seizures of diseased and unsound meat amounted to 1,038 tons 14 cwts. 1 qr., including 174 tons 2 cwts. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. of imported frozen and chilled meat.

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• The seizures of diseased and unsound meat amounted to 1,038 tons 14 cwts. 1 qr., including 174 tons 2 cwts. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. of imported frozen and chilled meat.

Month.	1905.						1907.
	Tons	cwts.	qrs.	Tons	cwts	qrs.	Tons	cwts.	qrs.
January	114	18	1	131	3	2	98	13	3
February	92	7	1	93	18	2	92	19	2
March	144	19	0	202	9	1	72	6	1
April	89	12	3	187	3	3	88	18	2
May	144	0	2	253	1	2	93	5	1
June	233	0	1	136	1	0	76	9	0
July	283	15	1	122	11	0	68	17	2
August	261	11	3	268	12	1	56	8	2
September	281	10	0	184	]2	1	85	13	3
October	183	17	0	196	14	0	107	13	3
November	175	12	3	106	11	3	111	4	3
December	123	4	3	84	17	2	86	3	3
Totals	*2,128	9	2	1,917	16	1	1,038	14	1

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* The heaviest total recorded.

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City of London 1907

Table: Some idea of the amount of the work of your Inspectors of Slaughterhouses and Meat may be obtained from the following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market:—

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Table: • The seizures of diseased and unsound meat amounted to 1,038 tons 14 cwts. 1 qr., including 174 tons 2 cwts. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. of imported frozen and chilled meat.

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