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week days. During the year 273 visits were paid to this slaughter
house of which 56 were Sunday inspections. Owing to the importance
of the work it is necessary that great care should be taken
to prevent diseased meat being overlooked. It would be an immense
gain to the public health if private slaughter houses were abolished
as experience shows it is quite impossible to satisfactorily carry
out the examination of meat in these ill-equipped (for examination
purposes) and frequently badly constructed premises.
Slaughter-houses.
There are now only 4 slaughter-houses in the Borough of
Battersea, as against 5 in 1910. The use of the slaughter-house at
Falcon Road was discontinued in 1911 and the license has not since
been renewed.
The following is a list of the slaughter-houses licensed in the
Borough of Battersea in 1911.
345, Battersea Park Rd. St. Johns Hill.
235, Battersea Park Rd. Usk Road (small animals only).
These premises are frequently and systematically inspected
during the year by the officers of the Council. It is satisfactory to
note that the private slaughter-house is slowly but surely disappearing
in Battersea. In practically only two of these is any
regular business carried on and one of the two is licensed only for
the slaughter of small animals. This desirable end is being brought
about by the fact that it is no longer a profitable business to deal
in home bred meat in districts such as Battersea, where the vast
majority of the meat consumed comes from abroad. Slaughterhouses
are licensed annually by the London County Council, but
the important duty of the enforcement of all by-laws and regulations
made for the sanitation of these premises is vested in the Borough
Councils.
During 1911, 328 inspections of slaughter-houses was made
in connection with the inspection of food, &c. Owing to the large
number of animals (pigs) slaughtered weekly in the slaughter-house
at Usk Road, special arrangements have had to be made for the
inspection of the carcases. The details of this inspection are
referred to in the part of the report dealing with unsound food.
Cowhouses.
There are only three licensed cowhouses in Battersea situate
as under—
Bellevue Road. Usk Road
Wiseton Road.