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after leaving his hands. It need scarcely be added that rabbits,
whether unsound or diseased, if unfit for food, would at once be
seized by us if exposed for sale. Our attention was called to the
rabbits which have been confiscated, and to which reference has
been made above. They were not seized by us.
Slaughterhouses.—The following are the three slaughterhouses
now situated in Finsbury:—
14, Penton Street (cubic capacity 2,451 feet).
20, Amwell Street (cubic capacity 3,227 feet).
191, Goswell Road* (cubic capacity 1,554 feet).
These slaughter-houses have been regularly inspected. The
premises are comparatively small and are not well situated. They
are, however, kept clean, and the paving and drainage is good.
The slaughter-house marked with an asterisk is licensed only for the
killing of small cattle.
The application to renew the licence of the slaughter-house at
No. 39, Bath Street, was opposed by us at the October Licensing
Committee of the London County Council, and at an adjournment,
owing to the facts—(i) That the only approach to the slaughterhouse
was through the shop ; (ii) The unsuitability of the premises;
and (iii) That the applicant had been convicted at the Lambeth
Police Court in 1904 for selling unsound meat. This Sanitary
Authority naturally objected to a person coming into Finsbury to
carry on a trade in which he had already been convicted of an
infringement of the law. Subsequently, on November 23rd, 1905,
this same man was convicted at Worship Street Police Court on a
prosecution by us for depositing 33 pieces of unsound beef in the
slaughter-house, and was fined £15 and £5 5s. costs. This second
conviction was, therefore, brought against him by us in objecting
to the granting of a slaughter-house licence, and the Licensing
Committee refused to grant it. The premises at 39, Bath Street,
are, therefore, no longer licensed as a slaughter-house. This
reduces the number of slaughter-houses to three. In 1887, twenty
These consignments of frozen rabbits are always certified after examination at
the time of export. It is not, in fact, permissible to export them without such
Government certificate.