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especially in connection with the renewal or otherwise of their
annual license, I found and reported to the Public Health Committee,
that these inspections had revealed the fact that no less
than three of these premises were not in actual use, and had not
been used for some considerable time. The Butchers occupying the
premises, preferring for various reasons, to make use of the public
slaughter-house, or buying the meat killed therein, thus shewing
that, even with the much vaunted facilities of the private slaughterhouse
adjacent to the shop to hand, such facilities appear to be
overbalanced by other considerations in favour of the public
abattoir. This practice of the butchers themselves, would seem
to shew that the argument, so frequently raised when the question
of the provision of a public abattoir is brought to the front, i.e., that
the inconvenience attaching to the use of a public slaughter-house
as opposed to a private one, is too great, is raised from ulterior
motives.
Cowhouses. The eight cowhouses situated in the Borough
have been visited by the Inspectors on 28 occasions, and by
your Medical Officer of Health on several other occasions, and
they have been generally found in a satisfactory condition. One or
two minor matters, however, have been brought to the attention
of the parties concerned, and dealt with by the Inspectors. One
new cowhouse has been erected in the Charlton District, in place
of one of the older premises, and I may say that this new place,
which has been erected almost regardless of cost, and under the
personal supervision of the owner, who appears to take very great
interest indeed in the well-being of his animals, might almost be
considered to be palatial in its character: it is certainly complete
with every convenience, and is, in every respect, a model
structure.