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below the average for the corresponding period of
the last ten years (212,406lbs.), and it is no doubt
due to the recognised vigilance of the officers, and
to the knowledge of the fact that the penalties for
sending diseased and unsound meat to the City
Markets are constantly enforced. Of the 132,388 lbs.
of meat which were seized and condemned,
124,7561bs. were from the New Meat Market,
7,502 lbs. from Aldgate, and only 130 lbs. from
Leadenliall; 77,083 lbs. of it were diseased, 40,9871bs.
were putrid, and 14,318lbs. were from animals that
had died from accident or disease. It consisted of
576 sheep and lambs, 159 calves, 367 pigs, 698
quarters of beef, 2,180 joints of meat; besides 1,863
plucks, 562 kidneys, 36 tongues, and 17 barrels of
sheeps' tongues, 29 livers, 23 hearts, 50 hams, 5
sides and 20 pieces of bacon, 33 lbs. of sausages, 2
deer, 3 fawns, 7 quarters of venison, 12 hares, 418
rabbits, 1 box and two cases of rabbits, and 475 head
of game and poultry. In addition to this the officers
of Billingsgate and Columbia Markets have seized,
on account of putridity, .about two million fish,
weighing about 343^ tons; besides 16,719 gallons
of shrimps, 334 bushels of whelks, 154 of mussels,
454 of periwinkles, 77 of sprats, and 5 of oysters.
There have been nine prosecutions and seven convictions
during the year for sending diseased and