Diseased meat sold in Edinburgh, and meat inspection in connection with the public health and with the interests of agriculture : a letter to the Right Hon. the Lord Provost of Edinburgh / by John Gamgee.

  • Gamgee, John, 1831-1894.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Diseased meat sold in Edinburgh, and meat inspection in connection with the public health and with the interests of agriculture : a letter to the Right Hon. the Lord Provost of Edinburgh / by John Gamgee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DISEASED MEAT, ETC. To the Right Hun. the LORD PROVOST of Edinburgh. My Lord,—A proclamation issued by yourself and the Magistrates of this city, regarding the sale of un- wholesome meat, confirmed what I had before exposed in a letter to the Scotsman, which appeared on the 28th of February last, that the carcases of diseased animals eluded the vigilance of the inspectors, and are retailed in the butchers' shops, or are otherwise prepared, to be eaten by Edinburgh citizens. That my letter was well-timed and appropriate, has been amply proved by the large number of seizures and convictions made since—by the Zoological ( Jardens being better supplied than heretofore with carcases, and by the fact that no attempt has been made to contradict my statements. If true, as I can prove it to be, that the mortality of cows in Edinburgh is about 30 per cent, annually—that by tar the larger number of cows slaughtered for, or dying