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Slaughter Houses.
There is only one slaughter-house in the Borough, that owned
by Mr. J. A. Mobbs, 14, Penton Street, in which sheep and lambs
only are slaughtered a total of 195 sheep and lambs were slaughtered
in 1938. During the year 65 inspections were made by the Meat
Inspector. The premises were maintained throughout in a clean
and satisfactory condition.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
Humane slaughtering by a mechanically operated instrument
is made compulsory by this Act, but before this Act all animals
were so slaughtered in the above premises.
Slaughtermen have also to be licensed, and in connection with
this, licences were granted to Stephen George Tibby, 114, Barnsbury
Road, N.1 John Henry James Mobbs, 54, Amwell Street, E.C.1
James Henry Mobbs, 14, Penton Street, N.1.
Prosecutions.— Several prosecutions have been successfully
undertaken against offenders under the Merchandise Marks Acts
and the Public Health (London) Act, 1936. In one case taken under
Section 187, Public Health (London) Act, 1936, the offender was
found to be making sausages in a private house and hanging the
prepared sausages on a clothes line with dirty washing.
In the case of R. Steel, cattle dealer, Beccles, who was fined £25
and 15 guineas costs for depositing certain diseased meat for sale
in the Borough, it is interesting to note that as a corollary to this
prosecution a slaughterman at Beccles, Suffolk, was prosecuted under
the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, by the Beccles Town
Council, at Beccles, and fines totalling £30 were imposed on this
man. Inspector Penman gave evidence at Beccles.
The Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) No. 7 Order, 1934,
which provides for identification of origin of meats and offals to the
purchasing public must prove to be of advantage to the housewife
who is able to discriminate at will "Englishand the produce of
other countries. It should be noted, however, by the discriminating
housewife that the term English or the lack of any label on meats—
denoting English— does not imply best quality. A great deal of
English meat sold in butcher shops is meat of inferior quality, i.e.,
meat from old parent animals. Therefore the discerning housewife
must still rely on her knowledge of meat, or her butcher, when she
wants the best. Constant supervision of butcher shops and meat
stalls in the Borough ensures that labels are affixed as required by
law.