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London County Council 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1912.
The number or slaughter-houses in each metropolitan borough (other than those under the jurisdiction of the City Corporation) and the frequency with which these slaughter-houses, in most of the boroughs, were inspected, is shown in the following table:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Number of slaughter-houses (a). | No. of inspections, 1912. | No. of notices, 1912. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed at end of 1911. | Licence lapsed or refused in 1912. | Remaining at end of 1912. | |||
| Battersea | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bermondsey | 1 | — | 1 | 19 | — |
| Bethnal Green | 4 | — | 4 | 31 | 2 |
| Camberwell | 13 | 2 | 11 | 130 | 2 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 1 | 5 | 51 | — |
| Deptford | 3 | _ | 3 | 46 | — |
| Finsbury | — | 3 | 90 | — | |
| Fulham | 3 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Greenwich | — | 4 | 65 | — | |
| Hackney | 21 | — | 21 | 311 | 3 |
| Hammersmith | 1 | 8 | 107 | 18 | |
| Hampstead | 4 | — | 4 | 74 | — |
| Holborn | — | 1 | 11 | — | |
| Islington | 30 | 1 | 29 | 1,599 | — |
| Kensington | 10 | — | 10 | 268 | — |
| Lambeth | 19 | 1 | 18 | 38 | 4 |
| Lewisham | 14 | 1 | 13 | 126 | — |
| Paddington | 7 | — | 7 | 447 | — |
| Poplar | 14 | — | 14 | 1 | |
| St. Marylebone | 7 | — | 7 | 129 | 1 |
| St. Pancras | 17 | 1 | 16 | 555 | — |
| Shoreditch | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | — |
| Southwark | 6 | — | 6 | 29 | — |
| Stepney | 6 | _ | 6 | 18 | — |
| Stoke Newington | 4 | _ | 4 | 9 | — |
| Wandsworth | 15 | — | 16 (b | 329 | 6 |
| Woolwich | 12 | — | 12 | 49 | 3 |
| Totals, 27 districts | 243 | 10 | 234 | 4,549 | |
Inspection
of slaughter
bouses.
Offensive
businesses.
During the year the following authorised offensive businesses, other than that of a slaughterer
of cattle, were discontinued : the business of a tripe-boiler in Lambeth; the businesses of tallow melter
and soap-boiler in Wandsworth. Hence the number of scheduled offensive businesses declined from
74 to 71.
The number of such authorised offensive businesses, except those in the markets under the jurisdiction of the City Corporation, was at the end of the year as follows:—
| Fat melters | 15 | Manure manufacturers | 2 |
| Tripe boilers | 20 | Soap boilers | 10 |
| Glue and size manufacturers | 5 | Tallow melters | 4 |
| Knackers | Gut manufacturers | 3 | |
| Fellmongers | 6 | — | |
| Bone boilers | 2 | 71 |
In several instances more than one offensive business is carried on at the same premises, hence
the number of premises used for the purpose of these businesses is smaller than the number of such
businesses.
Inspection
of offensive
trade
premises.
The boroughs in which these premises are situated, the number of premises, and, for most boroughs, the number of inspections, are shown in the following table:—
| Metropolitan borough. | No. on Register at end of 1912. | No. of inspections, 1912. | Metropolitan borough. | No. on Register at end of 1912. | No. of inspections, 1912. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea | 2 | Lambeth | 2 | 8 | |
| Bermondsey | 12 | .194 | Poplar | 6 | 50 |
| Bethnal Green | 1 | 5 | St. Marylebone | 2 | 27 |
| Camberwell | 4 | 6 | St. Pancras | 2 | 3 |
| Deptford | 3 | 28 | Shoreditch | 1 | 6 |
| Finsbury | 1 | 5 | Southwark | 5 | 62 |
| Greenwich | 3 | 9 | Stepney | 7 | 40 |
| Hackney | 1 | 9 | Wandsworth | 3 | 60 |
| Islington | 6 | 87 | — | ||
| Total | 61 |
(a) The seven slaughter-houses under the jurisdiction of the City of London Corporation are not licensed by
the London County Council.
(6) During the year the Council granted a licence to Messrs. Harrison, Barber & Co., to use part of their
knackers' premises in Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, as a slaughter-house.