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One ton in every 487 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets, Smithfield, was
condemned last year, as compared with one ton in 564 in 1936.
*Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details
for successive quinquennial periods during the past 65 years:—
Table:
Quinquennium.
Annual Average General Supply.
Seizure by Inspectors.
% of Unsound Meat.
Tons.
cwts.
qrs.
Tons.
cwts.
qrs.
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
1924-1928
477,405
0
0
1,210
2
0
•253
1929-1933
464,847
0
0
946
6
0
•203
1934-1937
470,193
0
0
915
9
1
•194
Table: *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.
*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.
Year.
British.
Canadian.
Australian and New Zealand.
South African and South Rhodesian.
U.S.A.
Argentine, etc.
Continental.
Country Killed
Town Killed.
1933
22.3
3.5
0.7
26.5
0.8
0.6
41.8
3.8
1934
22.3
3.0
1.0
29.4
0.5
0.9
40.0
2.9
1935
24.5
3.4
0.5
28.8
0.8
0.6
38.9
2.5
1936
24.4
3.9
0.8
28.1
0.6
0.4
39.5
2.3
1937
22.8
3.8
0.8
29.6
0.8
0.4
39.1
2.7
Table: The following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market are of interest :—
The following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market are of interest :—
1933.Tons.
1934.Tons.
1935.Tons.
1936.Tons.
1937.Tons.
Average daily delivery into the Markets
1,491
1,514
1,558
1,528
1,536
**Minimum delivery on any one day
627
544
191
84
129
Maximum delivery on any one day
4,061
3,704
3,386
4,554
4,034
The heaviest weight previously recorded on any one day (20th December, 1926) was—
DEMONSTRATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS IN MEAT INSPECTION.
Two hundred and seventy-three (273) persons from various training centres received
instructions.
Thirteen naval officers received training in meat inspection at Central Markets,
Smithfield.
FISH SUPPLIES.
203,803 tons of fish, of which 201,945 were land-borne and 1,858 water-borne, were
received at or near Billingsgate Market during the year.
This was an increase of 175 tons in the land deliveries and a decrease of 1,118 tons in
deliveries by water.
Table: MONTHLY FISH RETURNS.Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and Percentage of Fish Condemned to that delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market, and on board boats lying off that place, during each month of the year 1937.
MONTHLY FISH RETURNS.Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and Percentage of Fish Condemned to that delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market, and on board boats lying off that place, during each month of the year 1937.
*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.
