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Uxbridge Road). The names of the licensees, and the localities
of the premises, are set out in Table XI. (Appendix). The
several premises were inspected, in July, by the Works, Sanitary,
and General Purposes Committee, who found all of them in a
satisfactory condition. Comparatively little slaughtering is now
done: on some of the premises none at all, the licence being
kept up, apparently, with the view of maintaining the value of
the premises. In the interests of public health it is desirable
that private slaughter-houses should give place to public abattoirs,
and that the dead-meat trade should be encouraged to the utmost.
The London County Council renewed the several licences in October.
A communication had been previously addressed to your Vestry by
the Council, notifying that, on a given day, "a committee would
hear applications for licences, and any objections which may
have been received with regard to the same," and your Vestry
had decided not to oppose the renewal of any of the licences on
the said occasion. The Council being the "local authority"
under the Slaughter-houses (Metropolis) Act, 1874, as well as the
licensing authority, under the provisions of the Local Government
Act, 1888, it may reasonably be expected that the several
premises will be well looked after and kept up to the mark of
sanitary requirements; and that the licence will be, sooner or
later, refused in respect of unsuitable premises. Evidence that
this course is likely to be adopted with firmness is not wanting.
SALE OF HORSE-FLESH, &c., REGULATION
ACT, 1889.
In connection with the subject of slaughter-houses, the
above-mentioned Act claims a passing notice, legalising, as it
does, subject to regulations, the sale of horse-flesh for human
food. It provides (sec. 1) for signs, on horse-flesh shops, &c.,
to be placed in a conspicuous position, and so as to be visible,
whether by night or day, when horse-flesh is being offered or
exposed for sale, on which signs, words are to be painted,