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same; and also to furnish a key plan of the locality, showing the
buildings and streets within 100 yards of the premises, drawn to
a scale of five feet to the mile (22).
Notes.—It is required that the Slaughter House, in respect of
structure, be brought into conformity forthwith with the Bye-laws
(15 to 20); when this has been done, the Bye-laws, (1 to 12),
which relate to the conduct of the business, will principally engage
attention. The points to which attention will have more
especially to be given are those that apply to—
1. The daily and quarterly cleansing.
2. The provision and condition of impermeable and covered
vessels for the reception and removal of blood, offal, &c.
3. The exposure to air of fat, and the regular removal of all
parts of animals, including blood, offal and manure, before
the same become putrid or offensive.
4. The exclusive use of the Slaughter House for slaughtering.
(It may not be used as a lair, or as a stable, or as a cart
shed).
5 The exclusion from the " premises " of fowls, pigs, dogs, &c.
6. The detention in the premises for so long only as absolutely
necessary of animals about to be slaughtered.
The " Occupier," it may be added, is the party responsible for
the due execution of the Bye-laws.
LICENSED COW-SHEDS.
The licensed cow-sheds, 33 in number—viz., 17 in the North
and 16 in the South district—have been regularly inspected.
Tour Yestry, after a careful consideration of the subject, and after
making enquiries as to the practice adopted in other districts,
have adopted a standard of capacity to be complied with in respect
of cow-sheds, viz., an allowance of 800 cubic feet of space
for each cow, no height of shed above 16 feet to be reckoned in
the computation of cubic space; each single stall to be 4 feet,
and a double stall for two cows, feet in width. It is to be desired
that steps should be taken to obtain powers to frame byelaws.
for regulating the structure of cow sheds, the same as
slaughter-houses. Great improvements are necessary in many of
the cow sheds; some of the sheds are, in fact, ill-adapted for the
purpose, and in the category I would include those that are not
open to the roof—being, in fact, imperfectly ventilated stables.
The importance of properly constructed—which means well drained,
well paved, well lighted, and well ventilated—cow-sheds, is becoming
better understood every year, and events to which reference
has already been made (p. 10 ante) are likely to give an impetus
in the direction of bringing cow sheds under much more
strict supervision, as to construction and management than heretofore.
It is not uncommon to hear complaints of offensive smells
from cow-sheds, even where the premises are very well kept, and
where the smell is really not greater than must needs be expected,
regard being had to the number of cows kept, and the removal of