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UNSOUND MEAT, 1907.
The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—
1907.
Diseased.
Putrid.
Unwholesome.
Poultry.
Offal.
Fish.
Total.
tons.
cwts.
qrs.
lbs.
tons.
cwts.
qrs.
lbs.
tons.
cwts.
qrs.
lbs.
tons.
cwts.
qrs.
lbs.
tons.
cwts.
qrs.
lbs.
tons.
cwts.
qrs
lbs.
tons.
cwts.
qrs.
lbs.
First Quarter
50
9
0
2
141
1
2
17
22
0
2
6
15
4
2
10
23
2
3
19
0
0
0
10
251
18
3
8
Second „
35
9
0
15
164
18
2
6
20
18
2
14
12
4
0
9
24
10
2
6
0
9
0
12
258
10
0
6
Third „
22
18
3
7
112
10
3
26
16
0
0
23
14
18
3
12
47
6
1
6
0
0
0
4
213
15
0
22
Fourth „
47
13
1
7
104
2
1
8
18
16
1
27
100
1
2
4
43
15
3
2
0
0
3
0
314
10
0
20
Total
156
10
1
3
522
13
2
1
77
15
3
14
142
9
0
7
138
15
2
5
0
9
3
26
1038
14
1
0
The above figures include 34,585 separate seizures.
An account has been kept of the meat seizures made during the year on
account of Tuberculosis, and of the diseased meat recorded above, upwards of
89 tons, or 56 per cent., was found to be tuberculous. The following are
the details of these seizures:—
lbs.
13 carcases of Beef 6,625
6 quarters and pieces of Beef 1,530
2 Calves 110
2,309 Pigs 190,435
Pieces of Pork 507
82 Plucks 330
Total weight 89 tons, 1 cwt. 2 qrs. 9 lbs.
The percentages of Meat seized under a summary of the various headings
of the above Table and for the preceding five years, were as follows:—
Year.
Diseased.
Putrid.*
Unwholesome.
1902
Per Cent.
17.4
Per Cent.
77.7
Per Cent.
4.9
1903
16.9
76.4
6.7
1904
13.9
78.8
7.2
1905
7.9
88.4
3.7
1906
8.6
88.1
3.3
Average for 5 years
12.9
81.9
5.2
1907
15.1
77.4
7.5
* Including poultry, offal and fish.