Bye-law IX.
That each Slaughter-house and Pound be thoroughly 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 twenty-four hours.
Objections.
The substance of the objections raised is that the requirements for washing are too stringent, with a reiteration of the grievance of a dado 7 feet 6 inches; also the Butchers find it “difficult to imagine why the walls and floor of the Pound, as well as those of the Slaughter-houses, are to be washed after slaughtering,” and seem to imagine that the washing is required every twenty-four hours, including Sundays, whether slaughtering is going on or not.
Reply.
The provision for thoroughly cleansing, once in each twenty-four hours, Slaughter-houses and Pounds that are in constant use, is too obviously necessary to require any defence, and the quibble raised by the Butchers about Sunday cleaning is, I presume, intended as a joke.
Bye-law X.
That the internal surface of the roofs and upper portions of the wall of the Slaughter-houses and Pounds above the 7 feet 6 inches of impermeable surface be washed with quicklime at least once every month.
Objections.
That the requirements for the limewhiting are excessive, and that, if insisted upon, would be “oppressive and useless.”