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in every case that did not come up to the standard. These
conditions," formulated long before the bye-laws were made,
were as follows:—
(1) A slaughter-house should have an independent entrance, so that
the cattle may not have to pass through the house or shop; and it
should be at a reasonable distance from other buildings, particularly inhabited
houses
(2) It should be open to the roof, or, at least, should have no
inhabited rooms over it.
(3) It should be well-ventilated and properly lighted, so that the
slaughtering may be done, as it always should be, with closed doors.
(4) It should have walls and floors of smooth and impervious
materials— the flooring being laid on concrete.
(5) It should be well drained with stoneware pipes, and the drains
should be permanently trapped.
(6) It should have attached to it ample and separate lairage, constructed
with a due regard to sanitary and other requirements.
(7) It should be effectually separated from any lair, stable, dung-pit,
w.c., &c., so that the meat may not be exposed to any offensive effluvia.
(8) It should be of adequate size, and should not be used for any
other purpose than that for which it is licensed, and particularly it
should not be used as a stable, a lair, or a cowshed.
The bye-laws of 1875 practically ran upon the above
lines, but fell short of them in not requiring an " independent
entrance" (1), or that the premises should be "open to the
roof" (2), or that "lairage" should be provided (6). The
new bye-laws provide for a supply of food and water in the
lair; for preventing one animal seeing another killed ; and
for humane slaughtering, all of which conditions have been
continuously insisted on and enforced by your Vestry since
1874. They also provide for duplicate sets of receptacles
for offal, blood, &c., so that these offensive matters may be
removed without causing nuisance on the premises or in the
streets. A bye-law which came into operation 27th April,
1892, provides for the jointless paving and fixed trap I asked
for in 1874.