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City of London 1908

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

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Table: UNSOUND MEAT, 1908.The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—

UNSOUND MEAT, 1908.

The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—

1908.Diseased.Putrid.Unwholesome.Poultry.Offal.Fish.Total.
tons.cwts.qrslbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tonscwtsqrslbs.tons.cwtsqrs.lbs.tons.cwtsqrslbs.tons.cwts.qrs.1bs:
First Quarter57103201401621826322023311716722701402426416214
Second „35211416030121813 "3121513262814210002325716I21
Third „32193232301531810912210173243326050173281134
Fourth „571521223192154019118381906636220012220433307
Total183831376351796611688202315112271122812847318

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The above figures include 37,675 separate seizures.

Table: TUBERCULOUS MEAT. 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 98 tons, or 54 per cent., was found to be tuberculous. The following are the details of these seizures:—

TUBERCULOUS MEAT.

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 98 tons, or 54 per cent., was found to be tuberculous. The following are the details of these seizures:—

2,617 pigsweighinglbs.
209,707
Pieces of pork and pigs' heads„1,212
83 plucks„370
10 livers„20
14 carcasses of beef„6,990
7 quarters and pieces of beef„1,370
7 calves„731
Livers and other organs of foregoing„368
220,758
Total weight 98 tons, 11 cwts. 0 qrs. 6 lbs.

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The corresponding figures for the years 1906 and 1907 were 47 tons
9 cwts. 2 qrs. 9 lbs., or 29 per cent., and 89 tons 1 cwt. 2 qrs. 9 lbs., or
56 per cent., respectively.

Table: 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:—

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.
1903Per Cent.Per Cent.Per Cent.
16.976.46.7
190413.978.87.2
19057.988.43.7
19068.688.13.3
190715.177.47.5
Average for 5 years12.581.85.7
190814.278.27.5

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* Including poultry, offal and fish.