Our slaughter-house system : a plea for reform / [C. Cash].

  • Cash, C.
Date:
1907
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Credit: Our slaughter-house system : a plea for reform / [C. Cash]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    With regard to the appointments of the lairage, there should be nothing luxurious, but the first and most essential point to bear in mind is facility for disinfecting. The material used for the building must not be liable to suffer from the unavoidable use of chemical disinfectants. Stone and iron may be used, but wood never. The walls, up to a height of over 6 feet, must be of imper- vious material which can be washed. This must also be the case with the fodder-racks and flooring. With regard to doors, the latest idea is to have them of corrugated iron. We need not mention that the lairage, like the other premises, must be kept scrupulously clean by the abattoir staff. It is advisable, where there is no cattle-market, to have the landing-platform for cattle which have arrived by rail close to the lairage, so that the animals have not far to go to the abattoir. This prevents the spread of infection in case of an epidemic. Landing-platforms should be built of stone and iron. Permeable macadam is most objectionable. It must be possible to remove all animal excrement with perfect cleanliness. There should always be a supply of water at such platforms for water- ing thirsty cattle, and also hose for sluicing pigs, which stand much in need of this after a long railway journey in hot weather. In many abattoirs the landing-platform and sanitary establishment for diseased cattle are in connection, l.ntil animals have been found free from infectious disease nothing further may be done with them. The departments of the abattoir which we have at present described are absolutely essential, even in the smallest establishments. The modern abattoir, however, includes a number of supplementary sections which, while not being exactly indispensable, are yet most