Handbook of meat inspection / by Robert Ostertag ; translated by E. Vernon Wilcox. With an introduction by John R. Mohler.

Date:
1904
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Handbook of meat inspection / by Robert Ostertag ; translated by E. Vernon Wilcox. With an introduction by John R. Mohler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Pounds 1892 22,025,698 1893 8,059,758 1894 18,845,119 1895 39,355,230 1896 21,497,321 1897 42,570,527 Pounds 1898 120,110,356 1899 108,858,149 1900 55,809,626 1901 35,942,402 1902 33,681,229 1903 19,108,341 The following shows the cost from 1893 to 1902, inclusive : Cents 1893 4.75 1894 1.75 1895 1.10 1896 95 1897 .91 of each ante-mortem inspection Cents 1898 0.80 1899 88 1900 95 1901 1.01 1902 “Number of Animals Inspected at Slaughter for Abattoirs Having Inspection Fiscal Years 1891 to 1903 Fiscal Year Cattle Calves Sheep Hogs Horses Total 1891 83.889 83,889 1892 3.167,000 59,089 583,361 — — 3,809,459 1893 3.922,079 92,947 870,512 — — 4,885,538 1894 3.861,594 96,333 1,020,764 7,618,146 — 12,626,835 1895 3,704,042 116,093 1,428.601 13,616,539 — 18,868,275 1896 3,985,484 256.905 4,629,796 14,250,191 — 23,122,376 1897 4,242,216 273,124 5,209.161 16,808,771 —- • 26,533,272 1898 4,418,738 244,330 5,496,904 20,893,199 — 31,053,171 1899 4,8S2,020 246,184 5,602,096 23,836,943 3,332 34.071,575 1900 4,841,166 315,693 b,119.886 23,339,884 4,559 34,619,188 1901 5,219,149 413,830 6,639,212 24,642,753 1,992 36,916,936 1902 5,559 969 555 836 7 434 878 25 277 107 1 649 38 829 439 1903 6,134,410 668,855 8,585,960 21,793,738 344 37,183,307 The subject of meat inspection thus far considered has dealt only with the Federal system, as this is freely conceded to be the highest type of rational inspection existing in the United States and the regulations controlling it are frequently drawn upon in inagur- ating local inspections. The other forms found in this country are the local or municipal inspection and the state inspection. Before the act creating a system of meat inspection under Federal super- vision was adopted, several states—as Indiana, Minnesota, Col- orado, etc.—had so-called meat inspection laws, although they principally provided for an inspection of the living animals in the