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In addition to the premises in the above table, there are the
following food premises, referred to in other paragraphs of this
report:—Slaughterhouses and dairies, cowsheds and milkshops on
the registers. Further, there are a large number of stalls and
barrows used for food purposes in different areas in the Borough
and forming street markets. There are also barrows and other
vehicles which are used by hawkers, etc., for the selling of foodstuffs,
but it is difficult to estimate the actual number in use, as
this varies daily. All these barrows and vehicles, wherever found,
are inspected by the food inspectors.
PUBLIC SLAUGHTERHOUSES, PITLAKE, AND MEAT
INSPECTION.
These slaughterhouses, although the buildings were not
originally intended for such, comprise twelve slaughterhouses with
lairage attached. In addition a gut cleaning firm utilises one
building on the premises. Of the twelve slaughterhouses nine
with lairage attached, are let on agreement to tenant butchers, and
the remainder are used for public slaughtering, for which head rate
tolls are charged.

The whole of the meat and offal is examined before it leaves
the premises.