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application thereto of a sufficient quantity of chloride of lime, carbolic acid, or some
other effectual disinfectant.
5. Every Cat Gut Maker shall, after the expiration of the time aforesaid, during the
process of opening any vessel or receptacle, or of cleansing or scraping any gut, or of
cleansing or disinfecting any close chamber or any utensil, cause the atmosphere of the
close chamber wherein such process may be carried on, to be continuously drawn into a
shaft and conveyed into or through a furnace fire in such a manner as to effectually consume
or destroy all noxious and offensive gases or vapours which may have arisen from
such process therein.
6. Every Cat Out Maker shall, from time to time, as often as occasion may require,
cause all garbage, filth, or refuse to be removed from his premises in properly closed
vessels or receptacles constructed of calvanised iron or other non-absorbent material.
7. Every Cat Gut Maker shall cause the premises on which his business is carried on
to be constantly provided with an adequate supply of water, which shall be received and
stored in a cistern or other suitable receptacle, properly constructed; or, in the case of
a constant supply of water, by a pipe communicating with a Water Company's main:
and he shall cause every part of such promises to be thoroughly washed, from time to
time, as often as may be necessary; and to be kept at all times thoroughly clean.
8. Every Cat Gut Maker shall cause every inner wall of the premises on which his
business is carried on to be kept at all times thoroughly clean and in good order and
repair. He shall cause every such wall and every ceiling to be thoroughly washed with
hot lime-wash in the first week of each of the months of March, June, September, and
December.
9. Every Cat Gut Maker shall cause every vessel, receptacle, utensil, or instrument
provided or used upon, or in connection with, the premises on which his business may
be carried on, to be kept, when not actually in use, at all times thoroughly clean, so as
to prevent the emission of any offensive smell from such vessel, receptacle, utensil, or
instrument.
10. Every Cat Gut Maker shall, before the expiration of the time aforesaid, cause
every room, chamber, or other place which may be used on or in connection with the
premises where his business is carried on, and in which any offensive vapour, gas, or
fume may be evolved, to be furnished with suitable appliances, so constructed and used
as to effectually prevent the escape of any such vapour, gas, or fume into the external
atmosphere. He shall at all times adopt such precautions and employ such means as
may be necessary to cause every such vapour, gas, or fume to be conveyed into or through
a furnace fire, or to be condensed, so as to be effectually destroyed.
11. Every Cat Gut Maker shall afford access to every part of the premises on which
his business is carried on to every Member and Officer of the Board, authorised in writing
under the hand of the Clerk of the said Board, at any reasonable time during the hours
within which such business may be carried on.
12. Every person who shall not comply with any of these Bye-Laws shall be guilty
of an offence, and shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of Five pounds; and
in the case of a continuing offence, to a penalty of One pound for every day during which
the offence may be continued after the conviction for the first offence.
13. Every Court of Summary Jurisdiction, as defined in the Slaughter houses, &c.
(Metropolis) Act, 1874, may, as a penalty for the breach of any of the foregoing ByeLaws,
by summary Order, suspend or deprive any person altogether of the right of carrying
on the business of a Cat Gut Maker.