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257 {1906
Nearly all these animals were slaughtered in a private slaughter-house at
Roman Road, and were very carefully inspected both by the former Meat
Inspector, Mr. Young, and by his successor, Mr. Wilkinson, with the result that
many, either wholly or in part, were seized as being unfit for human food. The
strictness of the inspection by no means pleased the parties who sent these
cows for slaughter and the result has been that so far as Islington is concerned
the trade has ceased. This is not a matter for regret. It would be, however, of
considerable interest to discover where they are now killed and how they are
dealt with. It may be noted that the regulations laid down for the guidance
of Meat Inspectors by the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis were those which
were followed by the Inspectors in dealing with these animals, so that no undue
or unfair examination was made.
Inspector Wilkinson in his report also alludes to the decrease in the
total number of animals slaughtered in Islington from 44,785 in 1902 to 32,994
in 1906, a decrease of 11,791, which he, with a thorough knowledge of the meat
trade, ascribes partly to the fact that there are now fewer animals slaughtered
locally for the wholesale market, whilst also there is a decreased prejudice
against the use of foreign meat, whether killed at the port of importation, or
cold or frozen meat brought from the United States, from the Argentine
Republic, or from New Zealand.
The following is a list of the licensed slaughter-houses in the Borough:—