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two instances the owners also being granted offensive trade
consents viz. gut scraping and fat rendering.
Therewas no change during the year in connection with
the agreed hours of slaughter i.e. from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays
to Fridays and from 7 a. m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays,
in two instances, the third slaughterhouse being a very small
one at the rear of a 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.
Diseases of Animals Act 1950
The Regulation of Movement of Swine Order, 1959 continued
in force throughout the whole of the year under review, and a
considerable number of Movement Licences were received and
the necessary investigation made in respect of the movement of
swine to destinations within the Borough — slaughterhouses
and/or piggeries.
The Fowl Pest restrictions on the movement of poultry
which was in force in this Borough at the turn of the year was
withdrawn on the 8th March 1971 in respect of East Anglia which
included the London Borough of Havering.
13 licences to operate boiling plants at local piggeries
remained in force at the end of the year—a decrease of 2 on 1970.