Report of the Sanitary Committee of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London, together with a report of the Medical Officer of Health on the objections raised by the Butchers' Trade Society to the bye-laws proposed for the regulation of slaughter-houses

by W. Sedgwick Saunders; City of London . Commissioners of Sewers. Sanitary Committee

Bye-law XVIII.

That in case of any diseased or unsound cattle being brought to a Slaughter-house, Pound, or Lair, the occupier shall forthwith give information thereof to the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London.

Objection.

That the retention of the word unsound might involve the Butchers in a charge of Slaughtering Diseased Meat.

Reply.

I should not insist upon the retention of the word “unsound” if some guarantee could be exacted that the animal would be slaughtered within a specified time of the occurrence of any accident which might disable it; although it must be remembered that the flesh of a beast suffering pain, or deprived of the full use of all its functions, rapidly deteriorates in quality and nutrient properties.