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years, and although the provisions of the Regulations
might be extended with advantage, they form a very useful
basis for further legislation.
A very considerable proportion of the slaughtering in
the Borough is carried out during late afternoons and
evenings, and the carcases are removed early the following
mornings. Many of these carcases are intended for London
Markets and other destinations outside the Borough. In
such cases requests are frequently made for permission to
remove the carcases very early in the morning before the
time limit fixed by the Regulations, namely, 7 a.m. In
order to meet the convenience of the trade, and wherever
it has been possible to do so, the carcases have been inspected
overnight. On other occasions the carcases have been
inspected early in the morning in order to allow removal
by 7 a.m.
Records are kept of all notices received, the number
of animals slaughtered and the time of inspection, and the
following table is a summary for the period from April 1st
to December 31st, 1925:—