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SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
During the year two applications were received for
licences to erect certain premises for use as Slaughterhouses.
In one instance the proposed building was intended for the
slaughtering of animals for human food, but the Council, on
the recommendation of the Public Health Committee, decided
to refuse the application on the grounds that the premises
would not conform with the "memorandum" issued by the
Local Government Board for the guidance of Local Authorities
in the exercise of their licensing powers, inasmuch as the
suggested Slaughterhouse would be considerably within 100
feet of dwelling-houses.
In the other case it was intended to use the building for
slaughtering horses. Previous to giving any decision in this
instance, the Committee directed that the Medical Officer of
Health (Dr. Kenwood) and I should bring up a joint report
on the matter. In this report the nature of a knackery
business, and the nuisances which most frequently arise therefrom,
were briefly referred to, and it was mentioned that in
connection with such premises it was usual to establish one
of the legally-defined offensive trades, viz:—bone boiling.
Suggestions were also made with regard to the structure of
the proposed building, but, owing to the entire absence of
any evidence pointing to the necessity of such an establishment
in the district, we recommended that the application for
a licence be refused. Your Council, after giving the matter
further consideration, resolved that a licence should not be
granted.
One other application was received for a licence to use an
existing building as a Slaughterhouse, and, the premises being
satisfactory, a licence was granted for a period of 12 months.