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.
LONDON:
CHARLES SKIPPER & EAST, PRINTERS, ST. DUNSTAN’S HILL, E.C.
1876.
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At a Meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London,held at the Guildhall, on Tuesday, the 4th day of July, 1876,
FREDERICK COX, Esq., in the Chair.
A Report from the Sanitary Committee (William Cave Fowler,Esq., Deputy, Deputy-Chairman), dated this day, was read—
On the Reference of the 23rd of May last, to consider the Letterfrom the Local Government Board relative to the Slaughter-houseBye-laws agreed to on the 14th of March last, and submitted to theLocal Government Board for confirmation, and on the objections of theButchers’ Trade Society to the said Bye-laws.
Submitting a Report from the Medical Officer of Health in reply tothe said objections, and recommending the Commissioners’ concurrencetherein.
Resolved—
That this Court doth agree with the Committee in their said Report, anddoth confirm and adopt the same.
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Ordered—
That a Copy of the Medical Officer’s Report be sent to the LocalGovernment Board in reply to their Communications therein referred to.
Ordered—
That the Report be printed, and circulated as usual.
HENRY BLAKE,
Principal Clerk.
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We have, in accordance with your Reference to us of the 23rd Maylast, considered the letter from the Local Government Board, datedthe 13th of May, relative to the new Bye-laws for the managementof Slaughter-houses within the City of London, agreed to by yourHonourable Court on the 14th of March last, and submitted to the LocalGovernment Board for confirmation. Also we have carefully consideredthe letter of Messrs. Crouch and Spencer, with objections on behalf ofthe Butchers’ Trade Society, to the said Bye-laws, enclosed in the saidletter from the Local Government Board for your observations.
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We requested the Medical Officer of Health to give a detailed Reportin regard to the objections raised by the Butchers’ Trade Society tothe said Bye-laws, and we beg now to submit the same to your HonourableCourt.
We have carefully considered the said Report, with the Bye-laws, andthe said communications from the Local Government Board.
We have also received and considered a further communication from theLocal Government Board, with copy of a lette