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City of London 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891 .—UNSOUND MEAT PROSECUTIONS.
| Date. | Name. | Business. | Address. | Where heard. | Before whom. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/10/27 | Mathew Henry Blight. | Farmer. | Whimbles, Holsworthy, Devon. | Guildhall. | Aid. Josiah Gunton. | For being the owner of a diseased calf carcase and offal deposited for the purpose of sale. | Fined, £50 0 0 and £12 12 0 Costs. Paid. |
| 13/10/27 | Sydney Tucker. | Farmer. | Whimbles, Holsworthy, Devon. | Guildhall. | Aid. Josiah Gunton. | Caused to be sent for sale three-quarters of a diseased calf carcase and offal. | Fined, £25 0 0 and £12 12 0 Costs. Paid. |
CENTRAL MARKETS, SMITHFIELD.
*Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 54 years :—
| Quinquennium. | Annual Average Supply. Tons. cwts. | General qrs. | Seizures by Inspectors Tons. cwts. qrs. | % of Unsound % Meat. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1874.1878 | 178,373 10 | 0 | 192 18 2 | .108 | |
| 1879.1883 | 218,200 12 | 3 | 282 11 | 2 | .129 |
| 1884.1888 | 249,580 19 | 2 | 248 1 | 2 | .099 |
| 1889.1893 | 304,986 5 | 1 | 461 15 | 1 | .151 |
| 1894.1898 | 372,440 12 | 2 | 749 3 | 3 | .201 |
| 1899.1903 | 410,456 18 | 1 | 1,082 13 | 2 | .263 |
| 1904.1908 | 414,906 11 | 1 | 1,584 19 | 3 | .382 |
| 1909.1913 | 427,146 0 | 0 | 1,520 2 | 3 | .356 |
| 1914.1918 | 324,715 0 | 0 | 1.370 11 | 2 | .422 |
| 1919.1923 | 403,364 10 | 0 | 1,849 19 | 0 | .459 |
| 1924.1927 | 477,454 0 | 0 | 1,240 0 | 0 | .259 |
*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 Per cent. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Killed. Pet cent. | Town Killed. Per cent. | tForeign Killed. Per cent. | Home Killed. Per cent. | American Killed. X Per C4fit. | ||
| 1923 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 9.6 | 0.6 | 47.7 | 22.3 |
| 1924 | 16.6 | 5.2 | 10.6 | 0.3 | 48.4 | 18.9 |
| 1925 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 13.7 | 1.0 | 47.5 | 18.5 |
| 1926 | 16.1 | 5.4 | 8.4 | 0.9 | 49.1 | 20.1 |
| 1927 | 21.1 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 48.8 | 19.2 |
The following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market are of interest.
1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927.
Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.
Average daily delivery into the Markets 1,532 1,560 1,517 1,564 1,594
**Minimum delivery on any one day 169 181 147 144 286
Maximum delivery on any one day 3,411 4,775 5,160 5,259 4,278
The heaviest weight previously recorded on
any one day (20th December, 1926) was— 5,259 tons.
One ton in every 404 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets, Smithfield, was
condemned last year, as compared with one ton in 358 in 1926.
Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years 1926 and 1927.
| Month. | Meat delivered at the Market, 1926. | Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1926. | Meat delivered at the Market, 1927. | Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1927. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons. | cwts | qrs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrv | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | |
| January | 41,527 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 14 | 2 | 42,719 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 6 | 3 |
| February | 39,789 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 10 | 1 | 38,456 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 14 | 2 |
| March | 45,883 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 15 | 1 | 44,395 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 13 | 2 |
| April | 41,131 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 13 | 3 | 39,564 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 14 | 0 |
| May | 34,844 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 15 | 2 | 46,191 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 17 | 2 |
| June | 37,717 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 4 | 3 | 39,227 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 16 | 0 |
| July | 37,963 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 15 | 1 | 36,756 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 12 | 2 |
| August | 35,232 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 19 | 1 | 38,875 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 15 | 3 |
| September | 38,979 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 12 | 1 | 40,258 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 12 | 1 |
| October | 40,581 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 17 | 3 | 41,819 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 13 | 1 |
| November | 41,916 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 5 | 0 | 42,147 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 12 | 2 |
| December | 44,674 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 6 | 1 | 42,885 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 14 | 1 |
| Totals | 480,236 | 0 | 0 | 1,340 | !) | 1 | 493,292 | 0 | 0 | 1,219 | 2 | 3 |
| * I am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market supplies, sources of origin, &c. ** The minimum deliveries relate to Saturdays when practically no wholesale business at the Market is carried out. f Includes "General Foreign Meat and Produce"‡ Includes South American Imports. | ||||||||||||