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The Sanitary Committee, it was further stated, had formed the opinion that the
inspection in the market was as complete and efficient as possible under existing
circumstances, and that the respective responsibilities of Local Authorities and Retail
Butchers could not be got rid of by any previous examination.
The Committee were, they stated, fully alive to the importance, in the interests
of public health, of having a proper and efficient inspection of food, and that only
recently additional powers to facilitate prosecutions in regard to diseased and
unsound meat had been obtained by the City of London (Various Powers) Act
of 1911, Part IX., and it was thought that the best way to minimise, if not to
entirely remove, the possibility of diseased meat being exposed for sale was to make
compulsory by legislation a general system throughout the country of inspection at
the time of slaughter.
All this, it will be noted, did not carry matters very much further forward than
they had been in 1911. It should be pointed out, however, that no tuberculous pork
was seized during 1912, and the necessity of making a complaint with regard to
tuberculous or other pork from the Central Market did not once arise during the
year.
That the action of the Public Health Committee had anything to do with this
improvement it is difficult to say. It is noteworthy, however, that there was
improvement.
Slaughterhouses.
The situation of the various premises used for the purpose of slaughtering animals
for food of man, and the conditions, if any, under which the licences are granted by
the licensing authority, the London County Council, are shown below.
They have been regularly visited by the Food Inspector at frequent intervals
throughout the year.
In one case, conditions calling for the service of a notice were discovered.
Premises. Conditions.
75, Abbey Road Nil.
178, Edgware Road Nil.
4, Henry Street, St. John's Wood Small cattle only.
50, Henry Street, St. John's Wood Small cattle only.
134, High Street, St. John's Wood On the clear and distinct understanding
that the room over the slaughter-house
is not used as a living room.
31, Little Church Street Small cattle only.
32a, Union Street, Middlesex Hospital Nil.
MILK SUPPLY.
Cowhouses.—The number of cowhouses remains the same, viz., 5, no objection
having been raised to the London County Council renewing the licences.
The following table shows the situation of the premises, the number of cows for which each is
licensed, and the number actually stalled:—