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for satisfaction that it has been found practicable to burn
bricks without causing nuisance, as no one connected with
your Vestry ever had any desire to interfere needlessly or
vexatiously with the carrying on of a lawful business.
LICENSED SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
Thirteen premises were licensed to be used as slaughterhouses
by the County Council in October : seven of them
are situated in North Kensington and six in South
Kensington. The several premises were regularly visited
by the Sanitary Inspectors. The names of the licensees,
and the localities of the premises, are set out in Table
XI. (appendix). The premises were inspected in July
by the Sanitary Committee, who reported favourably
with respect to them. In 1874 there were some 1,500
slaughter-houses in the Metropolis; in 1897 only 456 and 13
fewer than in 1890. In Kensington, 48 were licensed in 1873,
the year before the passing of the Slaughter-houses (Metropolis)
Act ; in 1874 only 31. Now, as above stated, there are only 13.
The business of a slaughterer of cattle has not been established
anew in this parish since 1874.
LICENSED COW-HOUSES.
Four premises were licensed to be used as cow-houses :
three of them are situated in North Kensington, and one in
South Kensington. The several premises were regularly
inspected by the Sanitary Inspectors. The names of the
licensees, and the localities of the premises, are set out in
Table XII. (appendix). The premises were inspected in July
by the Sanitary Committee, and found to be in a generally
satisfactory condition. There were only 20 cows in the sheds.
Not many years ago there were 28 sheds, containing about
500 cows. There has been a considerable reduction in the
number of cow-houses in the Metropolis, viz., from 1,044 in
1880, to 375 in 1897, or 19 fewer than in 1896. In Kensington,
the reduction has been from 23 in 1880, to 4 in 1897.