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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number on the Register at the close of 1909 was 12,
and 61 inspections were made. One cowshed in Clapham was
removed during the year.
Slaughter-houses.
There were 19 Slaughter-houses and one Knacker's Yard on
the Register in 1908, one in Streatham was removed, the premises
having been pulled down, leaving 19 on the Register.
During the year 476 inspections were made of these, but it
was only necessary to serve four notices for cleansing. The usual
cleansing was carried out by the occupiers at the proper times.
During the year the Inspectors inspected the carcases of 447
cattle, 2,124 sheep, 166 pigs, and 21 calves in Slaughter-houses
and Butchers' Shops, and reported that all the animals were
healthy.
The following list shows the number of Slaughter-houses
licensed by the London County Council in October:—
Clapham—
Masters, Albert, 63, Clapham Park Road, Clapham.
(Condition—Small cattle only.)
Yarworth, William, 140, Clapham Park Road, Clapham.
(Condition—The licence is granted on the undertaking
of the licensee that the killing of bullocks at these
premises be restricted to the period of hot weather,
and then only occasionally, and on the further condition
that the slaughtering be limited to animals the
meat from which is to be sold by retail in the shop
attached to the premises.)
Woodman, George, 140, Larkhall Lane, Clapham.
Cradock, Albert Henry, 147, Larkhall Lane, Clapham.
(Condition This licence is granted on condition that
the slaughtering of cattle on the premises is limited to
animals the meat from which is sold by retail in the
shop attached to the premises.)