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The former Regulations deal with construction, layout, lighting, ventilation, cleanliness,
equipment and hygiene practices in slaughterhouses, The latter deal with lairages, stunning
pens for cattle, and the keeping of records where horses are slaughtered and in knackers yards.
It should be made clear that whilst all these requirements are in operation for new slaughterhouses,
for existing slaughterhouses they will come into force in the future on a day to be
appointed.
The Slaughterhouse Reports (Appointed Day) Order, 1959 came into operation on the first
February, 1959 and this Order laid down the 2nd November, 1959 as the appointed day for submitting
the slaughterhouse report. Members will be aware that there are two slaughterhouses in
the borcugh and the slaughterhouse report for submission to the Minister was approved by the
Council on the 19th November, 1959 and sent to the Minister in December. The report indicates
the deficiencies of the slaughterhouses and the work required to bring them up to the standard
required by the Regulations. It has been suggested that the appointed day for Tottenham, i.e.,
the date by which all the requirements of the Regulations operate, should be the 31st December,
December, 1961. Failure to meet the requirements of the Regulations would mean refusal to
licence the slaughterhouse.
The work of meat inspection continues to occupy a great deal of the public health
inspectors' time. There is however, an apparent change in the policy of the wholesale
slaughterhouse in that there has been a marked reduction in the number of cows and cattle
slaughtered and it is possible that the owners are concerned with the consequences of the
slaughterhouse construction regulations.
The total number of food shops as at 31st December, 1959 was 1,049, made up as follows:-
Bakers 50
Butchers 91
Coffee stalls & cafes 25
Confectioners 331
Dairymen 32
Dining rooms 93
Domestic stores 128
Fishmongers 49
Fruiterers & greengrocers 119
Grocers & provisions 287
Ham & Beef Dealers 3
Off-licences 82
Public Houses 58
Registered Food Premises
At the 31st December, 1959, the following premises were registered under the Food and
Drugs Act, 1955, for the manufacture, storage or sale of ice-cream, or for the preparation of
sausages or preserved foods:-
Sale of ice-cream 397
Manufacture and sale of ice-cream 2
Storage of ice-cream 1
Cooking of hams and other meat 37
Fish frying 39
Sausage manufacture 58
Preparation of jellied eels 3
Shellfish 1