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Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.—These regulations provide that no person may slaughter
any animal without first giving verbal or written notice to the council of his intention. Upon
receipt of such notice, the council's food inspector attends during the slaughtering process whether
by day or night, and examines all carcases immediately afterwards. During the year 127 slaughterhouse
inspections were made.
There were slaughtered in the borough in 1933, 6 beasts and 585 sheep. Fourteen lungs were
condemned.
Slaughter.houses.—On the 1st April, 1933, the duties relating to the licensing and supervision
of slaughter.houses, formerly carried out by the London County Council, were transferred to the
metropolitan borough councils by virtue of the Transfer of Powers (London) Order, 1933.
The licences granted by the London county council in October, 1932, in respect of two slaughterhouses
in Kensington were extended in October last by the borough council until the 30th June,
1934. The premises are kept in a cleanly condition, and from a structural point of view are not open
to objection.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.—Section 1 of this Act provides that every animal slaughtered
in a slaughter.house or knackers' yard, shall be instantaneously slaughtered, or shall by stunning,
be instantaneously rendered insensible to pain until death supervenes, and that such slaughtering
or stunning shall be effected by means of a mechanically operated instrument. This requirement
does not apply in the case of any animal slaughtered for consumption by members of the Jewish or
Mohammedan faiths. An exception is also made in respect of sheep ; the Act provides that if a
local authority require humane methods applied to the slaughter of these animals, they must pass an
appropriate resolution. Such a resolution was passed by the borough council.
Section 3 of the Act places upon the council the entirely new duty of licensing slaughtermen,
and up to the end of the year, three applications were received. In each case a licence, expiring
on the 30th June, 1934, was granted.
Provisions relating to slaughter.houses and knackers' yards, and requirements in connection
with the slaughtering of animals therein, are contained in the second schedule of the Act. These
requirements, with minor modifications, are similar to those contained in existing by.laws.
By.laws prescribing the humane slaughtering of all animals, other than those intended for
consumption by members of the Jewish faith, have been in operation in London since 1923, and
the council's food inspector makes frequent inspections to satisfy himself that humane methods of
slaughtering are applied satisfactorily.
Bakehouses.—There are 85 bakehouses in the borough, and of this number 62 are underground.
As a result of 208 inspections which were made during the year, four notices were served for the
cleansing of walls and ceilings.
Registration of Food Premises.—The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1932,
requires the registration with the borough council of premises used for the following purposes :—
(a) The sale, manufacture or storage of ice.cream ;
(b) (i) The preparation or manufacture of sausages, or potted, pressed, pickled or
preserved meat, fish or other food intended for sale ;
(ii) The cooking of meat or fish intended for sale.
Premises which have been regarded as registerable under heading (b). above are those where
the following articles are prepared or manufactured or cooked :—
Sausages and allies—large and small, with or without skins.
Saveloys. Haggis.
Black puddings. Rissoles.
White puddings. Bladders of lard.
Meat—jotted, pressed, pickled, preserved.
Potted meat or head, tongues, etc.
Meat pastes.
Meat extracts.
Faggots.
Cooked meats, sheepshead, etc., pork.
Dripping.
Brawn.
Brisket (pressed).
Meat and pork (pressed).
(pickled).
Meat pies, pork pies.
Trotters (pickled).
Hams
Bacon boiled, cooked, smoked or cured or otherwise preserved.