[Report 1899] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1899
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Credit: [Report 1899] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE X. Slaughter House and Meat Inspection, Fifty-two Weeks ended December 30th, 1899. Class of meat seized and des¬ troyed. Weight in stones of 14 lb. No. of seizures. No. of persons sum¬ moned. No. of convic¬ tions. Penalties. Beef \ Mutton j 8 I I I £3 0S- od. and costs. Two butchers were fined each £i and costs for slaughtering on unregistered premises. The Meat Inspector paid 17,413 visits to 106 slaughter¬ houses during the year, and 2,183 stones weight of beef, mutton, veal, and pork, and 24! stones of bananas were destroyed by the owners. TABLE XI. Smoke Inspector’s Report, 1899. Complaints received • • • 14 Furnaces inspected ... 7,589 Observations taken of chimneys (for a period of minutes each) sixty B995 Total number of minutes dense smoke ... 2,055 Average minutes dense smoke emitted during observation of one hour’s duration each 1-03 Smoke prevention appliances adapted to furnaces 75 Chimneys newly erected ... *3 Furnaces in connection with new chimneys 34 Notices served upon manufacturers ... 15 Do. do. stokers ... 24 Persons summoned before the magistrates 2 Do. convicted ... 2 Total amount in fines ... £1 os. od.