Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of]
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No. XI.—List of Cow-houses in the City of London, and Number of Cows kept. 1872.
Name of Owners.
East District.
No.
of Cows.
West District.
Situation.
Name of Owners.
Situation.
No.
of Cows.
M. Andrews
Middlesex Place
10
A. Pettit
119, Aldersgate Street
12
B. Smith
Garden Court
5
C. Phillips
New Street Hill
3
T. Davies
St. James' Place
5
T. Rowland
Bartholomew Close
8
J. Roberts
Half Moon Mews
3
Alfred Pettit
Bridgewater Square
17
M. Evans
11
M. Elmes
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7
R. Halfyard
Catherine Wheel Alley
6
G. Griffiths
Gravel Lane
15
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No. of Cow-houses 7
No. of Cows
55
No. of Cow-houses 5
No. of Cows
47
Total Cow-houses
12
Total No. of Cows
102
No. VIII.— Quarterly Account of the Meat Condemned in the City Markets during the Year 1872, and
comparison with the Averages of the last Ten Years.
| Quarters Ending. | New Meat Market. | WHERE CONDEMNED, I Aldgate Market. | LND WHY CONDEMNED. Leadenhall Market. | Total. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dead. | Diseased. | Putrid. | Total. | Dead. | Diseased. | Putrid. | Total. | Dead. | Diseased. | Putrid. | Total. | Dead. | Diseased. | Putrid. | Total. | |
| lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs | |
| December, 1871 | 3219 | 16601 | 5354 | 25174 | 584 | 650 | 319 | 1553 | - | - | - | - | 3803 | 17251 | 5673 | 26727 |
| Average 10 Years | 6260 | 20327 | 7920 | 34507 | 585 | 1568 | 141 | 2294 | 458 | 2586 | 2001 | 5045 | 7303 | 24481 | 10062 | 41846 |
| March, 1872 | 3446 | 16748 | 1915 | 22109 | 381 | 1577 | 70 | 2028 | - | - | 200 | 200 | 3827 | 18325 | 2185 | 24337 |
| Average 10 Years | 3772 | 24282 | 4056 | 32110 | 417 | 1727 | 199 | 2343 | 570 | 2569 | 2391 | 5537 | 4759 | 28578 | 6653 | 39990 |
| June, 1872 | 6285 | 22591 | 41411 | 70287 | 472 | 116 | - | 588 | - | - | - | - | 6757 | 22707 | 41411 | 70875 |
| Average 10 Years | 6120 | 20992 | 14919 | 42031 | 681 | 1817 | 250 | 2748 | 541 | 3902 | 2990 | 7433 | 7342 | 26711 | 18159 | 52212 |
| September, 1872 | 4332 | 15245 | 52252 | 71829 | 290 | 535 | 90 | 915 | - | 400 | 439 | 839 | 4622 | 16180 | 52781 | 73583 |
| Average 10 Years | 3034 | 20337 | 38114 | 61485 | 797 | 2920 | 1102 | 4819 | 756 | 1679 | 7638 | 10073 | 4587 | 24936 | 46854 | 76377 |
| Entire Year | 17282 | 71185 | 100932 | 189399 | 1727 | 2878 | 479 | 5084 | - | 400 | 639 | 1039 | 19009 | 74463 | 102050 | 195522 |
| Average of 10 Years | 19186 | 85938 | 65009 | 170133 | 2480 | 8032 | 1692 | 12204 | 2325 | 10736 | 15027 | 28088 | 23991 | 104706 | 81728 | 210425 |