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City of London 1915

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

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Table: *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.

*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.Continental.N. and S. American.Australian and New Zealand.
Country Killed.London Killed.Home Killed.†Chilled and Frozen.
Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.
191117.45.411.26.737.022.3
191220.56.610.42.039.221.3
191316.76.211.61.140.523.9
191419.97.415.5—34.223.0
191522.512.26.1—29.030.2
† Slaughtered at Deptford or Birkenhead.

Table: *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:—

*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:—

1911.1912.1913.1914.1915.
Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.
Average daily delivery into the Markets1,3901,3791,4081,3851,220
‡ Minimum delivery on any one day171214199197227
Maximum delivery on any one day3,0662,9434,3983,7853,220
The heaviest weight previously recorded on any one day (22nd December, 1913) was4,398 tons.
‡ The minimum deliveries relate to Saturdays when practically no wholesale business at the Market is carried on.

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One ton in every 371 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets, Smithfield,
was condemned last year, as compared with one ton in 334 in 1914.
UNSOUND MEAT, 1915.

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

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

1915.Diseased.Unsound.Unwholesome.Poultry.Offal.Fish.Total.
tons.cwta.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwtsqrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
First Quarter441029157212129151151416125371512308119284830
Second „2710210121011497226173315431221205012219015
Third ,,2061103392314953133428571621000645916012
Fourth „401706108422310193181422266630201022408121
Total133427725101165983479721820572100142111,20313210
*I am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market supplies, sources of origin, &c.