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City of London 1915

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Table: DISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS, 1915.

DISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS, 1915.

Serial Number.Date of Hearing.Where Heard.Before whom.Occupation of Person Summoned.Defendant's Place of Business.Besult.
1915.
1Aug. 11GuildhallAlderman Sir T. Vansittart Bowater.Provision and P o ul t r y Salesman.No. 336, Central Markets, E.C.Fined 150l. and 51. 5s. costs.
2,, 11DittoDittoDealer in Butchers' Sundries.No. 2, Bloomfield House, King Street.One defendant was fined 20l. and 2l. 2s. costs, and the other 10l. and1l. 1s. costs.

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FISH SUPPLIES.
142,973 tons of fish, of which 125,031 were land-borne and 17,942 water-borne,
were received at or near Billingsgate Market during the year.
This was a decrease of 40,348 tons in the land deliveries, and 25,702 tons in
the deliveries by water.
MONTHLY FISH RETURNS, 1915.

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 1915.*

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 1915.*

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.
January9,7991,20611,00543321 ton in 254.892 tons, or .392
February11,2001,27312,47338731 „ 324.923 „ „ .31
March13,4821,89015,37296931 „ 159.316 „ ,, .627
April10,6981,31712,01538901 „ 312.483 „ „ .32
May9,8361,82711,663751711 „ 153.738 „ „ .65
June9,9611,48111,442901521 „ 126.048 „ „ .793
July9,3921,53210,9241041401 „ 104.338 „ „ .96
August9,9631,93311,8961661601 „ 71.319 „ „ 1.402
September11,0611,66812,729186601 „ 68.325 „ „ 1.463
October10,7601,35412,11428421 „ 429.194 „ „ .233
November10,3281,19711,52514101 „ 820.331 „ „ .122
December8,5511,2649,815681211 „ 143.052 „ „ .699
Total125,03117,942142,9739511621 „ 150.182 „ „ .666
* Compiled from the Monthly Returns furnished to the Corporation by the Fishmongers' Company.