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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 1966

[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.
Number of items (included in the above table) on which local
authority stamp was illegible.

Table: MEAT INSPECTION REGULATIONS, 1963 (MARKING OF MEAT)

MEAT INSPECTION REGULATIONS, 1963 (MARKING OF MEAT)

BeefMuttonPorkVealOffal
BodiesQrs.Pes.Car.Pes.Car.Pes.Car.Pes. 1Sheep
V.N.V.N.V.N.V.N.V.N.V.N.V.N.V.N.V.N.V.N.
4251226174221474671193114623
323706350382931113
7228129611372715054912861256216*
22311543427974217141

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* Part of six consignments
Key to Headings:—
Qrs. = Quarters
Pes. = Pieces
Car. = Carcases
V. = Visible (i.e. Diseased condition could have been detected visually at time of slaughter).
N. = Not visible (i.e. Diseased condition could not have been detected until meat was cut into smaller portions).
United Kingdom Meat pitched at Smithfield Market:
United Kingdom Meat condemned for diseased conditions at Smithfield Market:
1965
130,432 tons
61 tons 17 cwts. 0 qrs. 18 lbs.
= 0.05%
1966
135,003 tons
64 tons 0 cwts.O qrs. 7 lbs.
= 0.05%