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City of London 1921

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

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CENTRAL MARKETS, SMITHFIELD.

Table: *Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 48 years:—

*Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 48 years:—

Quinquennium.Annual Average General Supply.Seizures by Inspectors.% of Unsound Meat.
Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.qrs.cwts.
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
1914-1918324,715001,370112.422
1919-1921361,116002,13351.591

Table: *The sources of origin of the Central Markets Supplies during the past five years are here expressed in terms per cent. of the total annual deliveries.

*The sources of origin of the Central Markets Supplies during the past five years are here expressed in terms per cent. of the total annual deliveries.

British.American.
Country Killed.Town Killed† Foreign Killed.Home KilledAmerican Killed ‡Australian and New Zealand.
Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.
191735.716.91.8-33.112.5
191831.811.10.6-43.912.6
191924.811.40.5-41.921.4
192017.66.72.6-39.034.1
192114.14.96.72141.330.9

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* Includes " General Foreign Meat and Produce." ‡Includes South American Imports.

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:—

1917.1918.1919.1920.1921.
Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.
Average daily delivery into the Markets9226889641,1921,389
‡Minimum delivery on any one day13561107101101
Maximum delivery on any one day2,3971,6682,1013,1033,537
The heaviest weight previously recorded on any one day (22nd December, 1913) was........4,398 tons.

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‡ The minimum deliveries relate to Saturdays when practically no wholesale business at the Market is carried out.
One ton in every 169 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets, Smith
field, was condemned last year, as compared with one ton in 174 in 1920.

Table: Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years 1920 and 1921.

Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years 1920 and 1921.

Month.Meat delivered at the Market, 1920.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1920.Meat delivered at the Market, 1921.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1921.
Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
January30,428001609133,6040012220
February26,6130010117132,07100891l
March31,3150022419134,0370013970
April28,439001587134,0020011117l
May28,5170018418333,9700018683
June27,543002234133,9350023370
July30,944001427330,86500238150
August28,7000014714234,3290022450
September32,103002336137,00900195190
October32,3090016517139,27900255141
November34,736002055239,98600241183
December34,275001445239,2950019992
Totals365,922002,092123422,382002,23843

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*I am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market
supplies, sources of origin, &c.