Edinburgh slaughter-houses : rules, regulations, orders, and bye-laws. Made and confirmed in terms "The Edinburgh Slaughter Houses Act, 1850".

  • Edinburgh (Scotland)
Date:
1892
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Credit: Edinburgh slaughter-houses : rules, regulations, orders, and bye-laws. Made and confirmed in terms "The Edinburgh Slaughter Houses Act, 1850". Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    25. Weighing Apparatus shall be provided for the use of parties frequenting the Hide, Skin, and Tallow Market, and used under the direction of the Superintendent, who shall deliver Certificates of Weight to all persons requiring the same. Tallow may he weighed on Mondays and Wednesdays, at such hours as the Superintendent may fix from time to time. 26. The Superintendent shall devote his whole time and attention to the duties of his office, and shall not, directly or indirectly, have or engage in any other occupation whatever. He shall attend within the Slaughter-Houses during such hours as the Magistrates and Council may fix from time to time. 27. The Superintendent shall be responsible for the due observance of the whole Regulations; and when he perceives anything amiss, not provided for by the Rules, and which he cannot rectify of his own authority, he shall report the same to the City Chamberlain or Market Committee. 28. The Magistrates and Council shall fix the number and wages of the Cleaners to be employed in the Slaughter- Houses ; but they shall be appointed and dismissed at the pleasure of the Superintendent, from whom alone their orders shall be taken. 29. The Superintendent shall attend particularly to the enforcement of cleanliness and of good order within the Slaughter-Houses; and take a special oversight of the com- mon Booths and of the Tripery, and regulate everything connected therewith, whether having reference to cleanliness or otherwise, not provided for by the Rules. He shall cause the whole premises, including the roads through the same, to be thoroughly swept and cleaned every day, and all Dung or refuse to be removed to the depot. He shall take special care of the collection and removal of the Blood, Manure, and other refuse, so that everything offensive shall be removed from the Slaughter-Houses within the shortest possible time. It shall be his duty to see that the conditions of all Contracts made for the removal of the Blood, Manure, and other refuse are duly attended to by the respective Contractors.