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DISPOSAL OF CONDEMNED MEAT.
The 918 tons 3 cwts. 3 qrs. of meat considered
unfit for human food has been disposed
of to the same firm that has held the contract
for some years. The amount received under
its provisions was £2,392 3s. 6d. in 1897, as
against £2,352 4s. 4d. in 1896, and £1,572 7s.
6d. in 1895, against which must be placed the
expenses incurred by the Commissioners of
Sewers in the execution of their responsibility,
to wit: Salaries of Inspectors; chemicals for
disinfecting baths; cost on horses, vans and
haulage; rentals of condemned meat sheds;
repairs; a daily heavy outlay for porterage to
convey the condemned stock from the shops
of the salesmen to the sheds for disinfection
before removal to the factory of the contractor
at West Ham, etc., and incidentals, etc.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
The slaughter-houses at Aldgate continue
in the same general condition mentioned in