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that had died from accident or disease. It consisted
of 1,428 sheep and lambs, 122 calves, 1,001
pigs, 902 quarters of beef, and 3,697 joints of
meat; beside 4 deer, 2 bucks, 6 quarters of venison,
and 817 heads of game and poultry.
The two Fish-meters in Billingsgate Market
have likewise condemned during the year, on
account of putridity, 863,311 fish (chiefly dabs,
haddock, and whiting), 1,130 lbs. of eels, 836 lbs.
of cod-sounds, 120 lbs. of caplins, 2 barrels of cods'
roes, 62 bushels of sprats, 276 bushels of oysters
and periwinkles, 205 bags of whelks and mussels,
and 8,071 gallons of shrimps, all which were
destroyed and converted into manure. The particulars
of these returns are set forth in Tables
VIII and IX of the Appendix.
The prosecutions and convictions during the
year for sending diseased meat to the City Markets
for sale as food were as follows:—
1. James Poole, butcher, Cunberton, near
Cambridge, fined £5 and costs.
2. Robert Puddy, jobbing butcher, of East
Brent, near Weston-super-Mare sentenced to two
months' imprisonment.