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Number and Condition of Slaughterhouses.
The slaughterhouses in the Borough have been four in number
since 1910. These were situated at 40, England's Lane, 17 and 69,
High Street, and 6, Fairfax Mews.
On the question of the renewal of the licences for these Slaughterhouses
coming before the Public Health Committee of the Borough
Council it was resolved to oppose the renewal of the licences for two of
the premises, and to call the attention of the County Council to the
fact that nothing had been slaughtered in one of the remaining two for
nine years. As the result of these objections, one applicant withdrew
his application altogether. Of the remaining two, the Appeal Committee
of the London County Council refused the licence of one where
no slaughtering had taken place for years, but dismissed the appeal in
respect to the second. There are now only two slaughterhouse! in the
Borough, viz., Nos. 17 and 69 High Street.
There is no public abattoir in the Borough.
Arrangements for disinfection and disinfestation and the
extent of their use.
The Borough Council's Disinfecting and Cleansing Stations are
situated in the yard of the Electric Lighting Station, and are in close
proximity to each other.
The Disinfecting Station is well equipped with an up-to-date
Washington-Lyons apparatus, with a of 3 men. The collection of
infected or infested material is carried out by two Electric Vans.
The Cleansing Station is situated in a small cottage devoted
entirely to this purpose. The cottage is away from all public thoroughfares,
but a small railway footpath runs past the door. It consists of
three rooms, two downstairs and one upstairs, with a lavatory on each
floor. It was originally built as an Isolation Station, but is admirably
situated for the purpose of a Cleansing Station.
During 1922, 2693 disinfections of houses or parts of houses were
carried out together with their contents, while in addition all infested
articles of clothing, etc , were suitably dealt with. Thirteen cleansings
of adults and 1469 cleansings of children were carried out by the
Council's Attendant, and whilst this was in progress their clothes
were thoroughly disinfected by being passed through the disinfecting
apparatus.