Annual report / Municipality of Singapore, Health Department.
- Singapore. Municipality Health Department.
- Date:
- [1931]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report / Municipality of Singapore, Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The 4 remaining pork tables were renewed and all awnings repaired or replaced. Kandang Kerbau. All the carriageways were re-surfaced. Other Markets. Minor repairs were carried out and with the exception of Grange Road Market all are in good condition, or rather, will be when this year’s schedule has been completed. UNSOUND FOODSTUFFS. 108,579 catties or just over 60 tons of unsound foodstuffs were destroyed as unfit for human consumption. This is all taken to the incinerators by our staffs and receipts obtained for it. PRICES AND QUANTITY OF FOODSTUFFS. A little over 1/2 million catties less foodstuffs passed through the markets during the year under review but the value, in other words, prices dropped by $1,085,000, clear evidence of the slump and the public’s diminishing purchasing power as, of course, every other expense is cut before the market money is touched. Fish is cheaper all round. Mutton fell from 55 cents to 25 cents per lb. but has risen latterly to 30 cents and is steady. This drop was due to a price war between the several Cattle Companies. The difference in price of 25 cents per lb. for the 383,000 lbs. that passed through the markets represents $90,000 to the Cattle Coys, or $280 a day. This mostly comes from the poorer classes. REVENUE. 1929 1930 1931 1. Clyde Terrace .. 176,279.73 163,492.65 135,399.03 2. Ellenborough . . 117,015.90 108,947.37 93,524.63 3. Telok Ayer 29,213.94 29,290.31 27,250.93 4. Orchard Road 14,090.50 13,927.50 15,962.00 5. Kandang Kerbau 19,651.00 18,892.00 18,811.50 6. Grange Road 2,130.00 2,628.00 2,247.00 7. Geylang .. ] 3,979.00 3,919.00 577.00 Sims Avenue •• J - 11,904.00 1,345.00 f 4,034.00 8. Maxwell 449.00 9,152.00 9. Peoples Park H.S. 13,889.00 14,176.00 13,254.50 10. Joo Chiat 3,120.00 3,350.00 3,178.00 $371,440.77 $360,416.83 $323,390.59 * 2 months only. t 3 months only. 5% COMMISSION ON FRESH FISH SALES. Market 1927 $ 1928 $ 1929 $ 1930 $ 1931 $ Clyde Terrace 122,158.66 107,983.64 120,051.98 110,660.65 84,582.03 Ellenborough 77,826.82 75,703.26 71,866.59 64,071.37 50,106.13 Telok Ayer .. 2,769.82 2,330.87 1,902.30 1,462.31 1,037.93 202.755.30 186,017.77 193,821.87 176,194.33 135,726.09](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31489734_0103.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
