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forcement of all Bye-laws and regulations made in pursuance of
the Slaughter-houses, etc. (Metropolis) Act, 1874, and the Local
Government Act, 1888—an important duty, which was formerly
carried out by the officers of the London County Council. This
duty was transferred to the Borough Council by the London
Government Act, 1899, Section 6 (4), the London County Council
not habing concurrent powers. One summons was taken out
against a butcher for removing offal not in accordance with the
Bye-laws.
All the Slaughter-houses are retail, with the exception of two
(which are both retail and wholesale), and the estimated weekly
number of animals killed in the 33 private Slaughter-houses
within the Borough is (roughly) as follow:—Cattle, 53; Sheep,
768; pigs, 68; total, 889. Calves occasionally.
The sanitary defects requiring to be dealt with during 1902
were trifling:- Defective gutters, 1; defective paving, 3; defective
roof, 1; choked w.c., 1; dirty lair, 1; and broken gully-grid,
1.
No complaint was received during 1902 with respect to Mr.
Bull's premises (120, High Street, West Norwood), in connection
with which serious action had to be taken in 1901 (see Annual
Report, 1901, pages 204-206).
The London County Council has taken no further action in
regard to the provision of Public Abattoirs for London, and
the consequent abolition of all private Slaughter-houses. It
has been decided, however, that in all future cases, no new
Slaughter-house shall be licensed in London which is situated
within 100 feet of a dwelling-house—a statutary provision. The
wholesale abolition of all private Slaughter-houses throughout
the Metropolis is neither justifiable nor advisable.