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City of London 1926

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

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Table: SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF VARIOUS FOOD-STUFFS SEIZED BY THE INSPECTORS AT SMITHFIELD IN THE YEAR, 1926.

SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF VARIOUS FOOD-STUFFS SEIZED BY THE INSPECTORS AT SMITHFIELD IN THE YEAR, 1926.

Countries.Eggs. No.Meat in Tins. No.Milk in Tins. No.Goat in lbs.Fish in lbs.Butter in lbs.
Argentine32623447.........
Australia......120.........
Austria..................
Belgium..................
Britain and Ireland...5514,3835565,438190
Canada......168.........
Chile...................
Denmark......2.........
France..................
Germany..................
Holland...234,586.........
Italy..................
Manchuria..................
New Zealand..................
Patagonia..................
Poland..................
Russia1,991...............
Siberia..................
South Africa..................
Sweden..................
U.S.A...2091,567119107...
Totals2,0231,40611,2736755,545190

Table: SUMMARY OF UNSOUND FOOD DESTROYED.

SUMMARY OF UNSOUND FOOD DESTROYED.

Tons.Cwts.Qrs.lbs.
Central Markets, Smithfield1,096020
Cold Stores661026
Leadenhall Market and City Shops2714312
Aldgate Market and Slaughter houses15013018
Total for the year 19261,340930
Total for the year 19261,340930
Total for the year 1925994310
Increase346620

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Twenty Naval Officers received training in meat inspection at the Central Markets,
Smithfield, during the year.
EXPORT OF MEAT.
During the year 76 certificates were issued at the request of merchants in connection
with meat which it was proposed to export to other countries.

Table: CENTRAL MARKETS, SMITHFIELD. Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 53 years:—

CENTRAL MARKETS, SMITHFIELD. Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 53 years:—

Quinquennium.Annual Average General Supply.Seizures by Inspectors% of Unsound Meat,
Tons.cwtsqrs.Tons.cwts.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
1914-1918324,715001,370112.422
1919-1923403,3641001,849190.459
1924-1926474,526001,192193.251

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.Australian and New Zealand
Country Killed.Town Killed.† Foreign Killed.Home Killed.American Killed.
Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.
192214.74.39.71.742.027.6
192314.75.19.60.647.722.3
192416.65.210.60.348.418.9
192514.44.913.71.047.518.5
192616.15.48.40.949.120.1

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† Includes "General Foreign Meat and Produce."
§ Includes South American Imports.
* I am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market
supplies, sources of origin, &c.