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City of London 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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*The sources of origin of the Central Market Supplies during 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. | |
| 1910 | 16.8 | 5.7 | 12.6 | 7.1 | 32.6 | 25.2 |
| 1911 | 17.4 | 5.4 | 11.2 | 6.7 | 37.0 | 22.3 |
| 1912 | 20.5 | 6.6 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 39.2 | 21.3 |
| 1913 | 16.7 | 6.2 | 11.6 | 1.1 | 40.5 | 23.9 |
| 1914 | 19.9 | 7.4 | 15.5 | — | 34.2 | 23.0 |
†Includes " General Foreign Meat and Produce."
‡Includes South American imports.
*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:—
| 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | |
| Average daily delivery into the Markets | 1,371 | 1,390 | 1,379 | 1,408 | 1,385 |
| § Minimum delivery on any one day | 219 | 171 | 214 | 199 | 197 |
| Maximum delivery on any one day | 3,200 | 3,066 | 2,943 | 4,398 | 3,785 |
| The heaviest weight previously recorded on any one day (22nd December, 1913) was | 4,398 tons. | ||||
§ The minimum deliveries relate to Saturdays when practically no wholesale business at the Market
is carried out.
One ton in every 334 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets, Smithfield,
was condemned last year, as compared with one ton in 408 in 1913.
UNSOUND MEAT, 1914.
*1 am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market supplies, sources of origin, &c.
The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—
| 1914. | Diseased. | Unsound. | 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 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 117 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 237 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Second ,, | 36 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 204 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 348 | 18 | 3 | 22 |
| Third„ | 17 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 306 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 91 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 453 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Fourth „ | 33 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 73 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 231 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 127 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 701 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 127 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 95 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 216 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 1,270 | 18 | 3 | 19 |