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(2) Efficient supervision as regards maintaining the
premises in a clean and wholesome condition.
(3) Removal of any nuisance arising from cries of
the animals, and disposal of waste products.
"In considering the matter for this district, it is
evident from the demand made upon the existing
slaughter-houses, that soon it will be necessary for
some other provision to be made, and the question
is, whether it should be Public or Private. As the
Committee are no doubt aware, there was an
application a short time ago for the provision of a
private slaughter-house, and this was prevented by
the ground landlord refusing to allow his land to
be used for such a purpose.
"In Ley Street, you have a site which is convenient,
easy of access, and is already in your possession.
"Seeing the rapid growth of the population during the
last few years, and the continued increase still
going on, it is a question for you to consider
whether the provision of a small slaughter-house
might not be profitable in the future from a financial
point of view, and certainly profitable from the
point of view of the supply of efficiently inspected
meat for the consumption of the inhabitants.
"I should suggest that the Surveyor be asked to get
out plans of a small building, with an estimate of
the cost. The building should face north and south,
with ample window provision. The slaughter-house
should be about 35 feet by 18 feet, with a louvred
roof; the walls to have a dado inside of white
glazed bricks, some six feet high, with rounded
corners; the floor should be of some very hard