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each slaughter-house. No carcases or parts of carcases were
found to be tuberculous.
So long as the district is without a public slaughter-house
in which all meat must be killed, or to which all meat must be
brought before being deposited for sale within the district, the
public are without any security as to the quality or wholesomeness
of the meat offered for sale.
In the promotion of a Bill it is essential if the public health
is to be safeguarded in this very important particular, that
provision should be made for the establishment of a public abattoir,
and the prohibition of slaughtering in all places other than those
provided, licensed or registered by the Council.
Legal Powers necessary. The following clauses are suggested
for insertion in the Council's Bill to be promoted during 1912 :—
Slaughtering prohibited except in Slaughter-houses provided, licensed
or registered by the Council.
1. It shall not be lawful for any person, except with
the conseut of the Council, to slaughter for sale any cattle,
or to dress for sale the carcase of any cattle in any place within
the district other than a slaughter-house provided or licensed
by the Council, or an existing registered slaughter-house, and
any person acting in contravention of this enactment shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds. (Birmingham).
Provision as to Registered Slaughter-houses.
2. If any registered slaughter-house within the district
is not used for a period of three months, the Council may
forbid the slaughtering of cattle therein, and may refuse to
grant a licence in respect of such slaughter-house.
Any person who slaughters cattle in a slaughter-house
in which the slaughtering of cattle has been forbidden under
this section, or who allows such slaughter-house to be used
for the purpose of the slaughter of cattle, shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding five pounds for such offence, and to a
penalty of five pounds for every day on which such offence
is committed after the conviction of the first offence.