[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green].

  • St. Matthew (Bethnal Green, London, England). Parish Council.
Date:
1877
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    31 METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The Slaughter Houses, &c. (Metropolis) Act, 1874, 37 and 38 Vic., c. 67. BYE-LAWS for regulating the conduct of the business of a Cat Gut Maker or Cat Gut Manufacturer, i.e., a person whose business it is to manufacture articles from the gut or intestines of animals; and the structure of the premises on which such business is being carried on; and the mode in which application is to be made for sanction to establish such business anew; within the limits of the Metropolis (except the City of London and the liberties thereof). In pursuance of the Slaughter houses, &c. (Metropolis) Act, 1874, by which the Metropolitan Board of Works are constituted the Local Authority for the Metropolis (except the City of London and the liberties thereof), the said Metropolitan Board of Works (for the purposes of these Bye-Laws called the Board) do hereby make the following Bye-Laws:— Bye Laws for regulating the conduct of the business. 1. Every Cat Gut Maker shall cause all gut, other than dried gut, and every other offensive material which may at any time be brought or kept upon the premises, to be so brought or kept in closed vessels or receptacles; and shall in all other respects adopt such precautions in the bringing or keeping of any such gut or other material upon the premises as effectually to prevent the emission of any offensive smell from any gut or other material. He shall cause every vessel or receptacle which may be used for the bringing, keeping, or manipulations of such gut or other offensive material upon the premises, to be con structed of galvanized iron or other non-absorbent material, and to be furnished with tight and close-fitting covers. 2. No Cat Gut Maker shall, after the expiration of 12 months from the date of the publication of these Bye-Laws, open or permit to be opened any vessel or receptacle con taining gut or other offensive material, or carry on or permit to be carried on, the processes of cleansing and scraping the gut, except in a chamber constructed in accord ance with the requirements of the Bye-Law in that behalf herein contained, and effectually closed so as not to allow any offensive smell to escape therefrom, into the external atmosphere, or into the other parts of the premises. 3. Every Cat Gut Maker, at all times while the process of cleansing or scraping any gut may be carried on, shall cause such process to be so carried on and in all other respects such precautions to be taken, as may be necessary to prevent the emission of any offensive smell into the external atmosphere from the chamber in which such process may be carried on. 4. Every Cat Gut Maker, on every day during which the processes of cleansing and scraping any gut may be carried on, shall, immediately after the completion of such cleansing and scraping, cause all offensive gut, garbage, filth, refuse, or other offensive matter retained upon the premises, to be placed in proper vessels or receptacles con structed of non-absorbent materials and effectually closed. He shall, at the same time, cause the floor of the chamber in which any such process may have been carried on, and every tank, tub, vessel, or receptacle, scraping board, and other utensils or instrument which may have been in use during the day, or which may be in a foul or offensive condition, to be effectually cleansed, and to be disinfected by the