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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    this should be the ease is not a matter on which the civic authorities can be congratulated, but this subject will he referred to later on. The report opens by describing what a private slaughter-house should be, and then proceeds to show what many of them actually are. ‘ Before entering into any particulars as to the character of the existing slaughter-houses, it may be as well to review briefly the characteristics which we expect in a good slaughter-house. A good idea of these character- istics may be obtained from the rules which the Local Government Board have been advised should influence the exercise of the discretionary power of licensing which has been conferred on sanitary authorities. ‘ These rules are : ‘ 1. The premises to be erected or to be used and occupied as a slaughter-house should not be within 100 feet of any dwelling-house; and the site should be such as to admit of free ventilation by direct communi- cation with the external air on two sides, at least, of the slaughter-house. ‘ 2. Lairs for cattle in connection with the slaughter- house should not be within 100 feet of a dwelling- house. ‘ 3. The slaughter-house should not in any part be below the surface of the adjoining ground. ‘ 4. The approach to the slaughter-house should not be on an incline of more than 1 in 4, and should not be through any dwelling-house or shop. ‘ 5. No room or loft should be constructed over the slaughter-house. ‘ (5. The slaughter-house should be provided with an adequate tank or other proper receptacle for water, so placed that the bottom shall not be less than 15 feet above the level of the floor of the slaughter-house. (This