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had learnt by experience the convenience they would enjoy
from the use of the slaughter-houses and cooling rooms in
connection therewith, these places would provide an acceptable
alternative for the private slaughter-houses which should, he
considered, then cease to exist. He thought that the first step
should be to require that all animals slaughtered in London
shall be killed in public slaughter-houses, and that stations
should subsequently be provided for the examination of all
meat killed in other parts of the country, and not already subjected
to inspection in public slaughter-houses. The Committee
referred to the report of the Royal Commission on
Tuberculosis which, with respect to meat, expresses views
corresponding with those arrived at by the Committee, as to
the necessity for public slaughter-houses and facilities for the
inspection of meat — of course with the object of preventing
the sale and consumption of tuberculous meat. The Committee
also cited the recommendations of the Commissioners
which, under the heading of " meat," include certain with
respect to slaughter-houses, practically in harmony with their
own, as above set out, and they submitted resolutions for
adoption by the Council, viz.:—
(a) "That in the opinion of the Council it is desirable that, as a first
step towards ensuring the proper inspection of meat, private slaughterhouses
should cease to exist in London, and that butchers should,
in substitution, be afforded such facilities as are necessary for the
killing of animals in public slaughter-houses to be erected by the
Council."
(b) Intimates the Council's readiness "to accept such responsibilities
as may be necessary to give effect in London to the recommendations
of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis," and proposes to ask the
Local Government Board "whether they will include in any legislation
introduced by them in connection with the Royal Commission's
report, the provisions which would be necessary for this purpose."
It is almost needless to say that the Butchers' Trade Protection
Society were strongly opposed to the proposal contained
in the Committee's report, and to the views of the medical