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City of London 1935

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Serial No.Date.Business.Where heard.Before whom.Offence.Result.
217/6/35Wholesale Butcher & Grazier.GuildhallAld. F.J. C. Pollitzer.Being the owner of one pig carcase, which was diseased and unfit for human consumption and deposited for sale on the 29 /3 /35, at Smithfield Market.Fined £15. Costs, £5 5s. 0d.
431/12/35Butchertt"Being the owner of three pieces of boned-out beef, which were diseased and unfit for human consumption.Fined £20. Costs, £10.
431/12/35Slaughterman."Being the slaughterman and sender of three pieces of boned-out beef, which were diseased and unfit for human consumption.Fined £40.
52/1/36Master Butcher.Being the owner and consignor of one pig carcase, which was diseased and unfit for human consumption.Fined £20. Costs, £5 5s. 0d.

Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month for the Years 1934 and 1935.

Month.Meat delivered at the Market, 1934.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1934.Meat delivered at the Market, 1935.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1935.
Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.
January43,43400776344,104006310
February35,871006517337,4960060140
March39,94800522237,2880074100
April37,46700499040,515005733
May39,71400659241,5930064110
June34,62400548034,445007340
July35,349008213138,7100010441
August35,61100753135,5320099131
September35,94600970238,160009481
October43,6970014510344,93100107163
November41,86600710240,4630069183
December41,218009810243,6280062163
Totals464,74500934121476,8650093213

One ton in every 511 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets, Smithfield, was
condemned last year, as compared with one ton in 486 in 1934.

*Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details tor successive quinquennial periods during the past 60 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
1899-1903410,4561811,082132.263
1904-1908414,9061111,584193.382
1909-1913427,146001,52023.356
1914-1918324/715001,370119.422
1919-1923403,3641001,849190.459
1924-1928477,405001,21020.253
1929-1933464,8470094660.203
1934-1935470,7800093360.198

* I am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market
supplies, sources of origin, &c.