Report of the Sanitary Committee to the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London : with reports of the Medical Officer of Health and the Engineer, on slaughter-house bye-laws : and an appendix, containing a copy of the bye-laws before proposed, and of a communication from the Local Government Board in reference thereto.

  • City of London (England). Commissioners of Sewers. Sanitary Committee.
Date:
1876
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Credit: Report of the Sanitary Committee to the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London : with reports of the Medical Officer of Health and the Engineer, on slaughter-house bye-laws : and an appendix, containing a copy of the bye-laws before proposed, and of a communication from the Local Government Board in reference thereto. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ventilated from the roof which shall be so con- structed as to admit freely of the escape of air, and that rings for burning gas be fixed in the roof Bo as to increase the upward current when alight, and that both Slaughter-house and Pound be pro- perly lighted either from the public ways or other open spaces, and where that be not practicable, then from the roof. Bye-law IX. That each Slaughter-house and Pound be thorough- ly washed over the entire surface of the walls to the height of 7 feet 6 inches, and over the whole surface of the floor directly after slaughtering is completed, or, at least once in every 24 hours. Bye-law X. That the internal surface of the roofs and upper portions of the walls of the Slaughter-houses and Pounds above the 7 feet 6 inches of impermeable surface be washed with quicklime at least once every month. B 2