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24 of the licences were for ritual slaughter—21 Jews and
3 Mohammedans.
With the exceptions of two journeymen all the licencees are
employed in slaughterhouses in the Borough.
Meat Inspection—Meat Inspection Regulations. 1963
The new agreed hours of slaughter came into operation on
1st January, 1970, thus enabling slaughtering to take place at
three of our four licensed slaughterhouses from 7.00 a.m. to
6.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays and from 7.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. on
Saturdays and Sundays. The fourth slaughterhouse is a very
small one at the rear of a family butcher's shop killing only for
their own retail trade—this killing taking place during normal
hours and not being the subject of an Order controlling the hours
of slaughter.
In two in stances the owners of the slaughterhouses renewed
their offensive trade consents for the year—gut scraping and
fat rendering.
During the year one slaughterhouse ceased to operate, the
occupier moving to a new purpose-built slaughterhouse in a
neighbouring district.
Despite the increased hours of slaughter the latter fact
is obviously the cause of the drop in our overall figures of the
number of animals killed from 116,100 in 1969 to 90,992 — a
decrease of 25,108. The charge for this service remains the same,
Cattle and horses—2 6d. each (12½)p)
Calves and pigs—9d." (4p)
Sheep and goats—6d." (2½p)
The total income from this service during the year was
£3,877.12.0d. (£3,877.60).
During the year Local Authority organisations made representations
to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food and
the Department of Health and Social Security that the maximum
charges permitted under these Regulations should be increased.
It is felt that an increase of 50% would be more commensurate
with the expenditure involved in the administration of this service.
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