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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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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.
MEAT INSPECTION REGULATIONS 1963 (MARKING OF MEAT)
| Beef | Mutton | Pork | Veal | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodies | Qrs. | Pes. | Car | Pes. | Car. | Pes. | Car. | Pes. | |||||||||
| V. | N | v. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 136 | 34 | 290 | 736 | 87 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 128 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 49 | 72 | 22 | 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 241 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 169 | 42 | 339 | 808 | 109 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 72 | 226 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Number of items included in above table on which local authority
stamp was illegible.
Key to leadings
Qrs. = Quarters
Pes. = Pieces
Car. = Carcases
V. =. Visible (i.e. Diseased condition could have been visibly detected at time of slaughter.)
N. = Not visible (i.e. Diseased condition could not have been detected until mert was cut into smaller portions./
United Kingdom meat pitched at Smithfield Market
1964
137,742 tons
1965
130,432 tons
United Kingdom meat condemned for diseased condition at Smithfield Market
79 ton 11 cwt. 3qr. 4 lb.
=0.06%
61 ton 17 cwt. 0 qr. 18 lb.
=0.05%