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SANITARY POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.
conditions of filth. In case of need, as shown by
a medical certificate, you can summon the offender
before your Court; and (under your new Act) you
can punish with a heavy fine any repetition of the
nuisance against which your order has once been
issued.
6. So long as slaughter-houses are tolerated
within the City (and it is to be hoped this may not
be long) you have power to regulate their use,
according to your discretion, with a view to their
cleanliness and better management; and in case of
disobedience to your orders, you have power to
enforce the temporary suspension of slaughtering.
Your new Act renders illegal any slaughtering in
cellars, or any keeping of cattle there: and it prohibits
that offensive exposure of putrescent hides,
which has so often been complained of in the
vicinity of Leadenhall Market.
7. In close connection with the regulation of
slaughter-houses, your new Act gives you authority
in a matter hitherto quite foreign to your jurisdiction,
but where your vigilance may no doubt be
exercised with great advantage to the public
health. You are authorised to appoint Inspectors of
slaughter-houses and of meat; and these officers are
required to inspect shops, markets, and slaughterhouses,
and to seize and destroy any meat which
may appear to them unsound or unwholesome.