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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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MEAT INSPECTION REGULATIONS 1963
| Beef | Mutton | Pork | Veal | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodies | Qrs. | Car | Pcs. | Car. | Pcs. | Car. | Pcs. | ||||||||
| V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. |
| 1 | 1 | 219 | 73 | 518 | 94 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| 99 | 5 | 92 | 172 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 298 | 79 | 515 | 636 | 124 | 7 | 5 | |||||
| 1 | 91 | 1 | 27 | 63 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
Total number of items stamped and passed by local authorities
but condemned for diseased condition on arrival at Smithfield
Market.
Total number of items NOT stamped by local authorities but
condemned for diseased condition on arrival at Smithfield
Market.
Number of items included in above on which local authority
stamp was illegible.
Key to Headings
Qrs. = Quarters
Pcs. = Pieces
Car. =. Carcases
V. = Visible (i.e. Diseased condition could have been seen at the time of slaughter).
N. = Not visible (i.e. Diseased condition could not have been seen until meat was cut up into smaller portions).
United Kingdom meat pitched at Smithfield Market was 137,742 tons.
United Kingdom meat condemned for diseased condition at Smithfield Market was 79 tons 11 cwts. 3 qrs. 4 lbs. = 0.06%.