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City of London and the liberties thereof), the said Metropolitan Board of Works (for the
purpose of these Bye-laws called the "Board") doth hereby make the following Byelaws.
Throughout and for the purposes of these Bye-laws "the premises" shall mean
and include the slaughter house, and all the premises used for and forming part of the
business of a Knacker as defined by the Act, and "slaughte house" shall mean the
portion of the promises used for the slaughtering and dressing of the animals abovementioned,
and "occupier" shall mean the occupier of premises where the business of a
Knacker is carried on, and "contagious or infectious disease" shall include Cattle
Plague, Pleuro-pueumonia, Foot and Mouth Disease, Sheep Pox, Sheep Scab, Glanders,
and Farcy.
As to the conduct of the business of a Knacker.
1. The occupier shall not slaughter, or permit to be slaughtered, on the premises
any animal that is intended or fit to be used for human food, nor keep, nor permit to be
kept, any fowl, pig, or other animal used for human food in or about the premises, nor
any dog thereon.
2. The occupier shall not allow any room situated over a slaughter house to bo
inhabited under any pretext whatsoever.
3. The occupier shall not allow the slaughter house to be used for any purpose other
than that for which it is licensed, nor any slaughtering to be conducted within public
view.
4. The occupier shall keep the inner walls of the slaughter house always thoroughly
clean and in good order and repair, and shall cause the internal surface of the roof and
upper portion of the walls to be thoroughly washed with quicklime, at least once in every
three months, and he shall also keep every yard and other part of the premises clean.
5. The occupier shall provide and keep a sufficient number of tubs, boxes, or vessels,
formed out of proper non-absorbent materials, with tight and close-fitting covers thereto,
tor the purpose of receiving and conveying away all manure, garbage, offal, and filth;
and shall, in all cases, immediately after the slaughtering is completed, cause all such
manure, garbage, offal, and filth, to be placed in such tubs, boxes, and vessels; and shall
cause all the blood arising from the slaughtering to be put into separate tubs or vessels
formed out of the like materials as above, with close-fitting covers; and every such tub,
box, and vessel, together with their contents, to be removed from the premises within
twenty-four hours.
6. The occupier shall keep every covered and other receptacle used in the slaughter
house at all times thoroughly cleansed and purified, so as to prevent any offensive smell.
7. The occupier shall cause every boiler and vessel from which any offensive or
noxious vapour or gas may be evolved in the operation of boiling or otherwise, to be
covered over and constructed so that every such gas and vapour shall be effectually conveyed
into or through a furnace fire, or shall be otherwise prevented from escaping into
the external atmosphere.
8. The occupier shall cause every hide and skin to be removed from the premises
within 48 hours after slaughtering, and every hide of a glandered or farcied horse
mule, or ass, to be disinfected before removal.
9. The occupier shall remove, or cause to be removed, from the premises every carcase,
bone, hide, skin, and all meat, fat, offal, blood, garbage, and other articles before the
same have become putrid or offensive.
10. In case of any horse or other such animal as above-mentioned that is affected
with either an infectious or contagious disease being brought to the premises of a Knacker,