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City of London 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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LEADENHALL MARKET AND CITY SHOPS.
The Leadenhall Market and City Shops have been systematically inspected during the
year, and the following table shows the amount and variety of unsound food dealt with:—
Bacon (Pieces) 20
Beef 34
,, (Body) 1
„ (Tins) 134
Butter (lbs.) 70
Capercailzies 10
Cheese (lbs.) 278
Chickens and Pouissins 846
Cream (Tins) 438
Curlew 2
Ducks 822
Eggs (Chickens) 831
„ (Pheasants) 30
Fowls 3,067
Fruit (Tins) 182
Game (Black) 165
,, (Unclassified) 16
Geese 119
Goats 34
Grouse 593
Guinea Fowls 29
Hares 388
Hazelhens 162
Heads (Ox) 12
(Pig) 20
Livers (Ox) 136
(Pig) 4
,, (Sheep) 44
Lungs (Ox) 2
Milk (Tins) 92
Mushrooms (lbs.) 76
Mutton (Carcases) 8
„ (Pieces) 29
Partridges 1,276
Pheasants 719
Pigeons 1,437
Plovers 167
Plucks (Pig) 1
„ (Sheep) 10
Pork (Pieces) 11
Ptarmigan 34
Quail 809
Rabbits 5,809
Salmon (Tins) 26
„ (Cases) 4
Sausages (lbs.) 12
Snipe 605
Teal 12
Tongues (Ox) 7
Turkeys 246
Veal (Pieces) 17
„ (Carcase) 1
Venison (Pieces) 12
Widgeon 49
Woodcock 213
Total weight for the year 1929 — 21 tons 14 cwts. 2 qrs. 18 lbs.
„ 1928 — 27 „ 4 „ 2 „ 21 „
Decrease 5 „ 10 „ 0 „ 3 „
SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF VARIOUS FOOD PRODUCTS SURRENDERED TO OR SEIZED BY MEAT INSPECTORS IN THE CITY OF LONDON FOR DISEASED CONDITIONS, 1929.
| Countries. | Beef in lbs. | Mutton in lbs. | Pork in lbs. | Veal in lbs. | Offal in lbs. | Bacon in lbs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentine | 38,362 | 423,723 | 10,789 | 85 | 1,436 | .... |
| Australia | 1,132 | 144,207 | 241 | .... | 60 | .... |
| Brazil | 1,322 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Britain | 25,376 | 26,788 | 174,232 | 4,464 | 102,899 | 62 |
| Chile | .... | 62,286 | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Denmark | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 295 |
| Holland | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 278 |
| Hungary | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 243 |
| Ireland | 10,803 | 748 | 29,743 | 1,900 | 34,991 | .... |
| Manchuria | .... | .... | 294 | .... | .... | .... |
| New Zealand | 564 | 46,025 | 9,041 | .... | 70 | .... |
| Poland | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 85 |
| Russia | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 135 |
| Uruguay | 497 | 44,199 | .... | .... | 60 | .... |
| Totals 1929 | 78,056 | 747,976 | 224,340 | 6,449 | 139,516 | 1,098 |
| Totals 1928 | 65,332 | 636,016 | 220,828 | 3,624 | 181,393 | 175 |