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City of London 1932

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Table: PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891 —UNSOUND M EAT— PROSECUTIONS.

PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891 —UNSOUND M EAT— PROSECUTIONS.

Serial No.Date.Business.Where heard.Before whom.Offence.Result.
l17/3/32Farmer and Dealer.GuildhallAid. Sir D. George Collins.Under the City of London (Various Powers) Act, 1911, Sec. 39, being the person who consigned the diseased carcases of four sheep and one breast of mutton.Fined £20 ; Costs, £10 2s. 6d.
227/4/32Coal Merchant.„Aid. Sir W. Burton.Under the City of London (Various Powers) Act, 1911, Sec. 39, being the person who consigned the diseased carcase of a boar pig.Fined £10 ; Costs, £6 8s. 6d.
616/6/32Dealer„Aid. Sir W. Jacobs.Under the City of London (Various Powers) Act, 1911, Sec. 39, being the person who consigned the diseased carcases of two pigs.Fined £25; Costs, £3 6s. 6d.

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At the invitation of the Argentine Government, Mr. T. D. Young was permitted by
the Corporation to visit the Sixth International Cold Storage Congress, held at Buenos
Aires, in August.
Opportunity was taken of this visit to accept invitations from the Governments of
Uruguay and Brazil, to see the system of meat inspection in operation in those two countries.
These visits were of considerable value to Mr. Young, and through him, to the Corporation.

Table: Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years 1931 and 1932.

Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years 1931 and 1932.

Month.Meat delivered at the Market, 1931.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1931.Meat delivered at the Market, 1932.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1932.
Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrvTons.cwts.Qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.
January43,236005715139,806007100
February37,49800615141,2970051180
March41,799005618339,6540060161
April40,831006412238,223005633
May37,33400602137,451005400
June35,646006115335,3990064103
July38,814007611035,443009190
August33,527006717335,41700149182
September38,981008818039,47700106182
October43,21300838242,5400086161
November40.809006017041,0220092152
December45,06700798341,0370013522
Totals476,75500819103466,766001,02190

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One ton in every 457 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets, Smithfield, was
condemned last year, as compared with one ton in 582 in 1931.

Table: Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 58 years :—

Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 58 years :—

Quinquennium.Annual Average General Supply.Seizures by Inspectors.% of Unsound Meat.
Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.
1874-1878178,373100192182.108
1879-1883218,200123282112.129
1884-1888249,58019224812.099
1889-1893304,98651461151.151
1894-1898372,44012274933.201
1899-1903410,4561811,082132.233
1904-1908414,9061111,584193.382
1909-1913427,146001,52023.356
1914-1918324,715001,370112.422
1919-1923403,3641001,849190.459
1924-1928477,405001,21020.253
1929-1932467,8350096000205

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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.