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LICENSING OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND SLAUGHTERMEN
There is now only one licensed slaughterhouse in the
Borough - the Garland Road Abattoir, at which over 51,000
carcases were inspected by the Council's Meat Inspectors
during the year.
Twelve slaughtermen's licences were issued by the
Council during the year. Two were to serving soldiers
attached to the Barracks, and the remainder to men working
at the Garland Road Abattoir.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FACILITIES IN THE BOROUGH
Under the Slaughterhouse (Hygiene) Regulations, and
the Slaughtering of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty)
Regulations, as applied to the London area, the Council
are required to carry out a review of slaughterhouse
facilities in the Borough, and to estimate the probable
future requirements In the district for slaughterhouse
facilities, and the facilities available or likely to
become available to meet those requirements.
In view of the fact that the full slaughtering
capacity at the Garland Road Abattoir is not at present
used and after consultation with the meat trade and other
interests concerned, the Council decided that it is
unlikely that lany requirement of the present or foreseeable
future could not be met at this Abattoir. The owners have
given an assurance'that they will be prepared to contract
with any local butcher for the private slaughtering of
beasts as and when required.
In these circumstances the Council consider that the
present slaughtering facilities in the Borough are reasonable
and adequate.
At the end of the year the Council decided to recommend
the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food that the
date for the coming into force of the Hygiene Regulations
in the Borough should be the 1st October, 1960.
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