[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ] page 55

City of London 1927

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

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FISH SUPPLIES.
229,960 tons of fish, of which 207,056 were land-borne and 22,904 water-borne, were
received at or near Billingsgate Market during the year.
This was an increase of 7,516 tons in the land deliveries, and a decrease of 1,055 tons
in the deliveries by water.
MONTHLY FISH RETURNS.

Table: * Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and Percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or nearBillingsgate Market, and on board boats lying off that place, during each month of the year 1927.

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* Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and Percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or nearBillingsgate Market, and on board boats lying off that place, during each month of the year 1927.

Month.	Weight of Fish Delivered-						Total.			Weight of Fish Condemned.			Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
	By Land.			\| By Water.			Total.			Weight of Fish Condemned.
	Tons.	cwts.	qrs	Tons.	cwts.	qrs.	Tons.	cwts.	qrs.	Tons	cwts.	qrs.
January	17,093	15	2	1,614	0	0	18,707	15	2	102	4	3	0.546% or	1 ton in 182 983 tons.
February	15,890	15	3	1,565	10	0	17,456	5	3	109	12	0	0.627	159.272 „
March	17,1)71	10	0	2,208	0	0	19,879	10	0	217	13	3	1.095 ,,	91.320 ,,
April	16,802	5	3	1,898	0	0	18,700	5	3	74	19	1	0.400 „	249.461 ,,
May	18,279	16	2	1,626	10	0	19,906	6	2	198	10	2	0.997	100,271 ,,
June	17,198	10	1	1,491	18	0	18,690	8	1	98	12	2	0.527	189.509
July	17,789	16	o	1,988	0	0	19,777	16	2	325	11	3	1.646 ,,	60.745 ,,
August	17,464	11	0	2,291	0	0	19,755	11	0	308	4	2	1.560 ,,	64.094 ,,
September	17,725	17	3	2,226	0	0	19,951	17	3	191	11	1	0.960	104.153 ,,
October	17,299	4	2	2,166	0	0	19,465	4	2	275	8	1	1.414	70.676 ,,
November	17,023	6	1	1,891	0	0	18,914	6	1	113	10	2	0.600	166.609 „
December	16,816	12	3	1,938	0	0	18,754	12	3	54	2	0	0.288	346.897 ,,
Totals	207,056	2	L'	22,903	18	(1	229,960	0	2	2,070	1	0	0.900	111.028 „
* Compiled from the Monthly Returns received from the Fishmongers' Company.

Table: Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market during 1927 and the five years 1922—1926.

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Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market during 1927 and the five years 1922—1926.

Year.	Weight of Fish Delivered.		Total.	Weight of Fish Condemned.			Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
	By Land.	By Water.	Total.	Weight of Fish Condemned.
	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	cwts.	qrs.
1922	210,914	31,471	242,385	2,259	10	0	1 ton in 107.273 tons or 0-932%
1923	211,736	27,479	239,215	2,007	3	3	1 „ 119.178 „ 0.839 „
1924	190,088	21,634	211,722	1,617	7	2	1 ,, 130.933 ,, 0.763 „
1925	193,782	25,702	219,484	1,822	0	3	1 „ 113.601 „ 0.832 „
1926	199,540	23,959	223,499	1,938	9	0	1 „ 115.295 „ 0.867 „
Average (5 years)	201,212	26,049	227,261	1,926	18	1	1 ton in 117.935 tons or 0.848%
1927	207,056	22,904	229,930	2,070	1	0	1 ton in 111.028 tons or 0.900%

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THE PUBLIC HEALTH (MEAT) REGULATIONS, 1924.
Continued progress was made under these Regulations during the year. In addition
to the improvement secured by the ordinary routine administration, some important matters
which affected the conditions of meat transport within the City area received attention.
The results were generally satisfactory.
Transport by Railway Road Vehicles.—Early in the year a conference was arranged
with representatives of one of the Railway Groups engaged in the delivery of meat. At
this meeting various matters were discussed which had hitherto been the cause of numerous
complaints at Smithfield Market. The following undertakings were given:—
(1) Overall clothing to be supplied to and worn by all carmen handling meat.
(2) The use of straw in meat delivery vans to be discontinued, all meat in future
to be loaded on linen sheets on clean floors.
(3) All lining and covering sheets to be changed daily.
(4) Boot and blood stains necessarily incurred in the performance of delivery
during the day not to be treated as a contravention of the Regulations.
(5) Infringements to be reported immediately to the Market Representative
of the Railway Company. Matters of sufficient importance to be referred
by the Medical Officer of Health to the Goods Manager. Failing agreement
as to any steps necessary to secure observance friendly action to
be taken in the Courts for an interpretation of the Regulations in the
particular circumstance.
The foregoing agreement was submitted subsequently to the other Railway Companies
through their own organization, and the procedure was accepted for adoption by them in
London.
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Table: * Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and Percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or nearBillingsgate Market, and on board boats lying off that place, during each month of the year 1927.

Table: Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market during 1927 and the five years 1922—1926.

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