[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE X. Slaughter House and Meat Inspection, Fifty-two Weeks ended January 1st, 1898. 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. 38 I I I £20 os. od. The Meat inspectors have paid 22,301 visits to 118 registered slaughter houses during the year, and 1,753 stones weight of meat and fish, 2 cases of eggs, and 16 baskets of o cherries were destroyed by the owners. TABLE XI. Smoke Inspector’s Report, 1897. Complaints received • • • 10 Furnaces inspected ... 9 ,°33 Observations taken of chimneys (for a period of sixty 1,843 minutes each) ... Average minutes’ dense smoke emitted during each observation ... 1 '24 Total number of minutes’ dense smoke ... 2,283 Smoke prevention appliances adapted to furnaces 101 Chimneys newly erected ... ... 27 Furnaces in connection with new chimneys • • • 56 Notices served upon manufacturers 10 Do. do. stokers ... 28 Persons summoned before the magistrates 1 Do. convicted ... 1 Total amount in fines .. os- od.