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for the most part fit for the purpose; and that some of
them, to which exception might be taken from their
proximity to other buildings, may be used provided the
occupiers continue to fulfil the conditions which they
consented to when applying for their licenses.
The 93 clause of the " Metropolis Local Management
Act" having required that the cowhouses should be put
under the same restriction as the slaughterhouses with
regard to their being licensed, we personally examined
and measured, with the aid of Mr. Grant, the various
premises in the parish used as cowsheds which are
eighteen in number. A return of these in a tabular
form was sent to the Vestry containing the date and
hour of each visit, the situation, names and addresses
of occupiers, information regarding light, ventilation,
paving, drainage, water supply, dung pits, grain bins,
number of animals, number of standings, condition of
animals, space of stalls, dimension of sheds, cleansing,
limewashing, removal of manure, height of sheds, and
proximity to dwellings with remarks. The number of
proprietors was 21, and the number of animals 477. An
undertaking also was printed and circulated to be signed
by every applicant for a license. It enjoined periodical
limewashing of the sheds and yards, the receptacles for
grains to be properly constructed, the daily removal of
dung, the proper washing of the sheds twice every day,
the prevention of offal or rubbish being thrown into the
dung pits, and the number of cows to be fixed by the Officers
of the Yestry subject to the decision of the magistrate.