Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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house, respecting which it shall not have been certified to them by
their Medical Officer:—
a. That no part of the Building containing the Slaughter-house
shall be used as an inhabited Dwelling, and that between every
Window, Doorway or other opening of the same and every inhabited
House, there intervenes an uncovered space of at least 10 feet in its
longest measurement.
b. That the Slaughter-house is provided with a sufficient supply
of Water and with the necessary apparatus.
c. That it is provided with properly-constructed impermeable
Drainage communicating directly with the Sewer, and that the Inlet
to the Drain is properly trapped and covered with a fixed grating,
the bars of which are not more than three-eights of an inch apart.
d. That a sufficient number of covered Receptacles are kept to
contain all Manure, Garbage, Refuse and Blood.
3. That the Vestry will in future require of every person
occupying any Slaughter-house within their Parish, that he shall
punctually comply with the following recommendations for the
regulation of such places:—
a. That every Slaughter-house be on all occasions thoroughly
washed and cleansed within three hours after the slaughtering and
dressing of any Cattle.
b. That all Blood, Manure and Refuse be removed from the
premises on the night following the slaughtering of any Cattle,
between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., and that neither Blood
nor Solid Refuse be on any account allowed to enter the Sewer.
c. That no Cattle be kept in a Slaughter-house or Pound connected
therewith for a longer period than 36 hours previously to
their being slaughtered.
d. That the Slaughter-house and all buildings connected therewith
be lime-washed throughout their whole interior, at least three
times in every year, namely—during March, June and September.
4. That the Yestry will under no circumstances consent to
the Licensing of a Slaughter-house in any crowded or densely
populated neighbourhood.
Dated this day of August, 185
(By Order of the Vestry,)
FREDERICK AVELING,
Vestry Clerk.
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