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City of London 1915

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

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Summary of Unsound Food Destroyed.
Tons. cwt. qrs. lbs.
Central Markets, Smithfield 1,010 3 3 23
Cold Stores 118 8 0 21
Leadenhall Market and City Shops 19 6 2 0
Aldgate Market and Slaughterhouses 57 14 2 12
Total for the year 1915 1,205 18 1 0
Total for the year 1914 1,273 17 3 0
Decrease 68 4 2 0
During the year about 750 Officers and Men of the 2nd London Sanitary Company
attended the Central Markets for practical Demonstrations in Meat Inspection.

Table: *Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 42 years:—

*Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 42 years:—

Quinquennium.Annual Average General Supply.Seizures by Inspectors.% of Unsound Meat.
Tonscwts.qrs.Tomcwts.qrs.
1874-1878178,373100192182.108
1879-1883218,200123282112.129
1884-1888249,58019224812.099
1889-1893304,98651461151.151
1894-1898372,44012274933.201
1899-1903410,4561811,082132.263
1904-1908414,9061111,584193.382
1909-1913427,146001,52023.356
1914-1915399,217001,139100.286
* I am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market supplies, sources of origin. &c.