Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894
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Pound has been provided in the interior of
the Slaughter-house, he shall cause such Lair
or Pound to be separated from the space
appropriated to the actual slaughtering of
cattle by a partition extending from the floor
to the roof of such Pound or Lair, and formed
of brick, stone, slate, or other similar material,
with a smooth, impervious surface, to a height
of at least 7 feet 6 inches from the floor. For
the purpose of communication between the
interior of such Lair or Pound and the space
appropriated to the actual slaughtering of
cattle, he shall construct in a suitable situation
in such partition a door, which shall be so
adjusted and fitted, or furnished, with such
means or apparatus as to admit of its being
kept closed at all times when not required to
be opened for the passage of cattle or for the
cleansing of such Lair or Pound.
BYE-LAW VIII.
Every occupier of a Slaughter-house shall
cause such Slaughter-house and every Lair
or Pound upon the premises to be provided
with adequate means of efficient ventilation.