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City of London 1910

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Table: Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market, and on board boats lying off that place, during each month of the year 1910.†

Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market, and on board boats lying off that place, during each month of the year 1910.†

Month.Weight of Fish Delivered.Total.Weight of Fish Condemned.Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
By Land.By Water.
Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.cwt.qrs.Per cent.
January12,3784,32216,700221801 in 729.257 tons, or about .137
February12,5284,46816,996151721 ,,1,070.614 „ „ .093
March14,9856,82821,813127231 „ 171.57 „ „ .583
April14,6496,19720,84673621 „ 284.296 „ „ .352
May13,8906,53120,421103401 „ 198.07 „ „ .505
June15,3815,25620,637171611 „ 120.499 „ „ .83
July15,9425,06121,00393621 „ 225.052 „ „ .444
august14,7786,29621,0742681011 „ 78.579 „ „ 1.272
September14,3497,40521,754168721 „ 129.2 „ .778
October13,6027,32320,925171601 „ 122.154 „ „ .818
November13,4315,39318,824301821 „ 608.698 „ „ .164
December14,0554,22718,282421111 „ 429.533 „ „ .233
Total169,96869,307239,2751,2881501 „ 184.211 „ „ .538
† Compiled from the Monthly Returns furnished to the Corporation by the Fishmongers' Company.

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Of the above, 4 tons 8 cwts. 9 qrs. 1 lb. were seized by your Officers,
and those of the Fishmongers' Company as unsound, equal to .265 per cent.
or 1 ton in 376 tons.
Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned
to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market during 1910 and the five
years 1905-1909.
Year.
Weight of Fish Delivered.
Total.
Weight of Fish
Condemned.
Ratio of Fish Condemned
to that Delivered.
By Land.
By Water.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons
cwts.
qrs.
1905
164,016
47,626
211,642
674
3
2
1 ton in 314 tons, or .318%
1906
157,591
55,483
213,074
1,444
17
3
1 „ 147 „ .678,,
1907
162,115
71,630
233,745
783
16
0
1 „ 297 „ .335 „
1908
177,892
63,295
241,187
1,236
12
3
1 „ 195 „ .511,,
1909
179,157
68,918
248,075
946
15
1
1 „ 262 „ .383,,
Average
(5 years)
168,154
61,390
229,544
1,017
5
0
1 ton in 225 tons, or .443%
1910
169,968
69,307
239,275
1,288
15
0
1 ton in 184 tons, or .538%