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Horseflesh.—So far as this item appears in the budgets it is included
under “other meat,” and probably also to some extent under “sausage.” The
following Tables based on the official reports issued by the municipal authorities
of the towns investigated, summarise such data as are available in respect of the
consumption of horseflesh in the towns investigated. It should be observed,
however, that in some cases the municipal slaughter-house serves a somewhat
larger area than that of the municipality. Where there are no entries exact
data are not available.
Consumption of Horsefesh, 1904 and 1905.
Aachen
Berlin...
Bochum
Brunswick
Crefeld
Dortmund
Essen ...
Hamburg
Leipzig
Munich
Plauen
Solingen
Stassfurt
Stuttgart
Zwickau
Population in
11)05.
144,048
2,040,148
118,464
136,397
110,344
175,577
231,396
802,793
503,672
538,983
103,810
50,209
18,310
246,988
68,502
Number of Horses Slaughtered.
1905.
1904
445
11,192
572
234
5171
805
848
4,436
o70(tons)
2,592
332
951
215+
174
609
13,752
321
596*
916
1,125
5,360
817 (tons)
2,898
359
1,132
195
2845
285
* In 1905-6.
t In 1904-5.
Î Weighing 55 tons.
§ Weighing 72 tons.
Population in
1905.
Per capita Consumption of Horseflesh
per annum.
Barmen
Bremen
Breslau
Chemnitz
Dresden
Königsberg
Plauen
Stettin
156,147
211,861
470,751
244,927
511,050
223,770
1904.
lb.
II
5,2
4
1
3
103,810
224,119
H
2
1905.
lb.
2
6
4
24
1
31
In reference to this consumption of horseflesh it may be remarked that the
meat may be sold only in the shops of butchers dealing in that commodity
alone, and under the same strict municipal supervision as other meat. The
prices are very much lower than those of other meat (the maximum price beinoin
October, 1905, rarely more than b^d. a lb. for the best cuts, and the minimum
being as low as 2¿tí?. a lb. in Mülhausen, Nuremberg and Plauen) ; but whilst
this consideration is doubtless of importance in promoting the sale there is
evidence also that in some cases the meat is eaten because of a real taste for it
Turning to other articles of consumption, it will be seen that the number
of Eggs rises steadily with the increase of income, from 4*2 in the lowest income
class to 14 4 in the families with incomes of 40s. and above ; the average
weekly expenditure thereon rising from 3\d. to Is. The rise in the amount of
Fresh Milk is also very marked : the consumption per family with incomes under
20s. a week is 8| pints, and it rises to 14J pints in the highest income class but
