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Cowhouses. The four cowhouses in the Borough have
been visited on 16 occasions, and the required cleansing has
been duly enforced on 12 occasions.
Horse Slaughterer. The one horse-slaughtering house
in the Borough has been visited by the Inspector on 24 occasions,
and cleansing of the premises was required on six of these
visits.
Other Scheduled Offensive Trades. The 63 other
premises where these offensive trades are carried on, notably
within the precincts of the Foreign Animals' Wharf, Deptford,
have been frequently visited, and the requirements of this
Authority have always immediately received attention. Considerable
works of redrainage of the Slaughter Houses, Tripe
Hoyses, &c., have been carried out during the year, and other
measures in connection with the methods of dealing with the
manure, offal, &c.
The case of the London Butchers Hide & Skin Company,
Ltd., v. London County Council, with respect to the license of
the Oleo Works at the Foreign Cattle Market has at last been
settled. The London County Council having sanctioned the
establishment anew of the business of a fat melter at the
premises of the London Butchers Hide & Skin Company, Ltd.,
at the Foreign Cattle Market in pursuance of Section 19 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order. At the commencement
of the year, there were 210 premises on the Register
of Dairies and Milkshops; 10 new applications have been
received during the year and added to the Register, and 14
names have been taken off, thus leaving a total of 206 premises