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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

City of London 1894

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894

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Inspectors of the City of London, free access
to such Slaughter-house, and to every Lair or
Pound on the premises.
BYE-LAW XX.
Every occupier of a Slaughter-house who
shall offend against any of the following Bye
Laws for regulating the conduct of the
business shall be liable for every such offence
to a penalty of Five Pounds, and in the case
of a continuing offence a penalty of One
Pound for every day during which such
offence is continued after conviction for the
first offence.
BYE-LAW XXI.
A Court of Summary Jurisdiction, as defined
by the Slaughter-houses, &c. (Metropolis)
Act, 1874, may by Summary Order suspend
or deprive any occupier of a Slaughter-house
altogether of the right of carrying on the
business of a slaughterer of cattle as a penalty
tor breaking any of the foregoing Bye-Laws.