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influence the Minister of Health towards amending
the regulations in various particulars. Such emendations,
if carried into effect, would stultify to a very
large extent the purpose of the regulations. Amongst
others the liquid egg trade appear to be doing their
utmost to retain the use of boric acid in their products.
It is difficult to see how the Ministry could justify
their procedure in allowing this, unless they also
allowed boric acid in many other articles and this
would defeat one of the main recommendations of the
Departmental Committee. We can only hope that the
Minister will stand firm by the recommendations of the
Departmental Committee and issue his regulations on
those lines.
The second important matter to which I have
referred above is the Public Health (Meat) Regulations,
1924.
These Regulations deal firstly with the operation of
slaughterhouses and slaughtering, secondly with meat
marking, thirdly with the cleanliness and sanitation of
stalls, shops and stores where meat is sold, and fourthly
with the transport and handling of meat. So far as
this Borough is concerned the most important parts of
the Order refer to the regulation of shops and stalls.
Regarding slaughtering the most important regulations
are as follows:—
(1) A person shall not slaughter an animal for sale
for human consumption unless he has, not less than
three hours before the time of slaughtering, delivered
or caused to be delivered to the local authority notice
of the day and time and of the place on or at which
the slaughtering will take place. Exceptions to this
rule are allowed where a slaughterhouse has a fixed
regular day and time for slaughtering and where by
reason of accidental injury illness or exposure to
infection it is necessary that an animal should be
slaughtered without delay. In the latter case notice
of the slaughtering must be given to the local authority
as soon as possible either before or after the slaughtering
takes place.