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METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.
The Slaughter Houses, &c. (Metropolis) Act, 1874, 37 and 38 Vic., c. 67.
BYE-LAWS for regulating the conduct of the business of a Cat Gut Maker or Cat Gut
Manufacturer, i.e., a person whose business it is to manufacture articles from the
gut or intestines of animals; and the structure of the premises on which such
business is being carried on; and the mode in which application is to be made for
sanction to establish such business anew; within the limits of the Metropolis
(except the City of London and the liberties thereof).
In pursuance of the Slaughter houses, &c. (Metropolis) Act, 1874, by which the
Metropolitan Board of Works are constituted the Local Authority for the Metropolis
(except the City of London and the liberties thereof), the said Metropolitan Board of
Works (for the purposes of these Bye-Laws called the "Board") do hereby make the
following Bye-Laws:—
Bye Laws for regulating the conduct of the business.
1. Every Cat Gut Maker shall cause all gut, other than dried gut, and every other
offensive material which may at any time be brought or kept upon the premises, to be so
brought or kept in closed vessels or receptacles; and shall in all other respects adopt
such precautions in the bringing or keeping of any such gut or other material upon the
premises as effectually to prevent the emission of any offensive smell from any gut or
other material.
He shall cause every vessel or receptacle which may be used for the bringing, keeping,
or manipulations of such gut or other offensive material upon the premises, to be constructed
of galvanized iron or other non-absorbent material, and to be furnished with
tight and close-fitting covers.
2. No Cat Gut Maker shall, after the expiration of 12 months from the date of the
publication of these Bye-Laws, open or permit to be opened any vessel or receptacle containing
gut or other offensive material, or carry on or permit to be carried on, the
processes of cleansing and scraping the gut, except in a chamber constructed in accordance
with the requirements of the Bye-Law in that behalf herein contained, and
effectually closed so as not to allow any offensive smell to escape therefrom, into the
external atmosphere, or into the other parts of the premises.
3. Every Cat Gut Maker, at all times while the process of cleansing or scraping any
gut may be carried on, shall cause such process to be so carried on and in all other
respects such precautions to be taken, as may be necessary to prevent the emission of any
offensive smell into the external atmosphere from the chamber in which such process
may be carried on.
4. Every Cat Gut Maker, on every day during which the processes of cleansing and
scraping any gut may be carried on, shall, immediately after the completion of such
cleansing and scraping, cause all offensive gut, garbage, filth, refuse, or other offensive
matter retained upon the premises, to be placed in proper vessels or receptacles constructed
of non-absorbent materials and effectually closed.
He shall, at the same time, cause the floor of the chamber in which any such process
may have been carried on, and every tank, tub, vessel, or receptacle, scraping board, and
other utensils or instrument which may have been in use during the day, or which may
be in a foul or offensive condition, to be effectually cleansed, and to be disinfected by the