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City of London 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of]

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Table: No.X.—Quarterly Account of the Meat Condemned in the City Markets during the Year1871,andcomparison with the Averages of the last Ten Years.

No.X.—Quarterly Account of the Meat Condemned in the City Markets during the Year1871,andcomparison with the Averages of the last Ten Years.

Quarter Ending.WHERE CONDEMNED ASD WHY CONDEMNED.
New MarketAldgate Market.Leadenhall Market.Total.
Dead.Diseased.Putrid.Total.Dead.Diseased.Putrid.Total.Dead.Diseased.Putrid. Total.Dead.Diseased.PutridTotal.
lbslbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.lbs.
December 187033062021548452836620712449515466060—120357321519494030032
Average of 10 Quarters676720111858535463582158426024264653182213857857814248771098343674
March 187119531799412922123932428024803606----227720796177224845
Average of 10 Quarters44722523141363383953817701712479877328624566619588730287676342937
June 18713898212589507346631701140-1310--1010106822398951735983
Average of 10 Quarters6241199691433040540686179627327556494241301679067576260061761951201
September 187140351196924484404883654012741010----4400123702475841528
Average of 10 Quarters305020030361515923179930341093492686918727696104374718249364494074594
Entire Year131927143640128194756106655878497502606010130143187708340987132388
Average of 10 Years205308534163202169073260581841797125862860125811530630747259951061068030521240

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It consisted of 576 Sheep and Lambs, 159 Calves, 357 Piars, 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 Yenison, 12 Hares, 418 Babbits, 1 Box and 2 Cases of Babbits, and 475 head of Game and Poultry.