[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds (England). City Council.
Date:
1930
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    than compensate for the money spent by the Council in acquiring the condemned premises. At the same time undesirable and insanitary establishments would be got rid of and meat inspection be made more effective. Humane Slaughtering.—After somewhat protracted negotiations with the butchers’ organisations who had appealed to the Ministry of Health against the proposal of the Corporation to adopt model slaughterhouse bye-law No. 9b requiring the use of a mechanically operated instrument for the stunning of animals at the time of slaughter, the byelaw was adopted by the City Council both for the Public Abattoir and for the private slaughterhouses. The amended slaughterhouse byelaws were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on November 18th and the new byelaw came into force on February 18th, 1931, as regards the killing of cattle and pigs, and on August 18th as regards calves and sheep. Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.—These Regulations continue to be well observed by the butchers in the city. That portion of the Regulations dealing with meat marking is however still entirely disregarded and it is feared that the recent introduction of marking and grading beef under the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act will completely extinguish any hope of life which may have been entertained regarding meat marking under these Regulations. The regulation dealing with the notification of intention to slaughter has been satisfactorily carried out and all animals slaughtered in private slaughterhouses have been duly inspected. Some difficulty has been experienced in connection with the notification of the slaughter of pigs on allotments and at farms. The following is a Summary of the cases taken into Court under the Regulations during the year:— The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924. Prosecutions for the Year 1930. No. Offences. Result of Hearing. Remarks. I Article 21 (3) . . Fined 10/— 10/- Employee 2 Article 21 (1) . . Fined 20/- Butcher .. 21 (2). ,, 20/- Carrier