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London County Council 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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ChelmsfordFridayHorses and cattle„ 30 „
EppingFriday„ „17
MaldonThursdayHorses, cattle and sheep„ 44 „
Saffron WaldronSaturday„ „„ 46 „
HertfordshireBarnetWednesday„ „„ 9 „
Hemel HempsteadThursdayCattle„ 37 „
HertfordSaturday„ 24 „
RoystonWednesday„ 48 „
TringFriday„ 32 „
BedfordshireAmpthillThursday„ 44 „
BedfordSaturday„ 50 „
BiggleswadeWednesday„ 41 „
DunstableWednesday„ 37 ,,
LutonMonday and Saturday„ 30 „
Berkshire...BrocknellThursday„ 32 „
ReadingMonday and Saturday„ 36 ,,
BuckinghamshireAmershamTuesday„ 24 „
CheshamWednesday„ 27 „
Fenny Stratford2nd and 4th Thursday in the month„ 48 „

Proposed Public Slaughterhouses and railway connection with Islington Cattle Market.
Willesden-junction (1) London and North Western and North London Railways.
Bromley North London Railway.
Brooklands South Eastern, London, Chatham and Dover and Great Northern Railways.
Peckliam-rye (1) London, Chatham and Dover and Great Northern Railways.
(2) East London and North London Railways.
(3) London, Brighton and South Coast and South Eastern Railways; London,
Chatham and Dover and Great Northern Railways.
Clapham-junction (1) London, Brighton and South Coast, London, Chatham and Dover and
Great Northern Railways.
(2) London and South Western, London, Brighton and South Coast (West
London Extension), London and North Western and North London
Railways.
APPENDIX IV.
Statistical Department,
London County Council.
Map showing the suggested sites for proposed public slaughterhouses within the Administrative
County of London.
Explanatory memorandum.
Every passenger and goods railway station within the Administrative County of London is
shown on the map, except two, for the entry of the names of which the space available was insufficient,
viz., Aldgate East and the Minories.
The county is divided into six sanitary areas, each indicated by large red capitals and defined
by broken red ink boundary lines, and for each of these sanitary areas the suggested site for proposed
slaughterhouse is indicated by a small red square and red ink number.
These sites have been specially selected, not only in regard to the extent of the open space
available and the character of its surroundings, but with special reference to the facilities afforded for
the conveyance of cattle to or from the cattle market at Islington, and the general convenience of the
districts served in regard to accessibility.
In every case alternative sites have been selected near those indicated on the map, in case any
difficulty should occur in reference to the latter.
In most cases there are probably other railway goods routes by which cattle could be conveyed
besides those indicated by the parallel red ink lines.
The following is a summary of the proposed public slaughterhouses and of the sanitary areas
which would be served by them.

I.—South-West London—The Osiers, Wandsworth. Sanitary districts.

Wandsworth.Battersea.
Approximate area... 17-90 square mile.
Population (1896)... 352,379.
Number of houses... 55,488.
Greatest distance of site of slaughterhouse from any part of area5-02 miles.
Mean distance of district generally from site of slaughterhouse ...... 1*7 miles.
Number of licensed slaughterhouses in 1897 ...... 38

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