[Report 1959 / Medical Officer of Health, Stevenage U.D.C.
- Stevenage (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1959
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Credit: [Report 1959 / Medical Officer of Health, Stevenage U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![2 premises in the town are licensed by the Council for private sla.ughtering and 16 persons are licensed as Slaughtermen. One of the slaughterhouses is now being reconstructed and enlarged, in accordance with plans approved by the Council and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The owner of the other slaughterhouse is at present considering the possible modernisation of his premises so s.s to ensure compliance with present-day standards. A considerable increase in the number of animals slaughtoi'ed in the town again occurred in 1959? when 1^,648 animals were slaughtered as against 7,043 in 1998 and 5,913 in 1957. I am pleased to report that ']00% meat inspection has again been maintained and, as a result of these inspections, 3-'^'Ons 6-cwts. 1-qr. lS-lbs. of meat and offal were condemned at the slaughterhouse during the year. Condemned meat is stained and then taken to the licensed Knackers* Yard, where it is uo'od either for animal feeding, or is despatched to a nearby factory for processing into glue or fertilisers.. The total number of animals slaughtered may appear small by comparison with the slaughtering figures for certain o !;:her abattoirs, but it should be remembered that, in Stev‘i’.“e-e, 3.II work is carried out in a relatively small slaughterhrJ. 1, .[n order to deal with this throughput, it has, therefore; been necessary for sla.ughtering to take place ea.ch day and evening until approxi¬ mately 8 p.m, and all day Saturdays and Sundays, although lately, work has ceased by 1 p.m. on Sundays. It is fortunate, from the meat inspection point of view, that a large proportion cf the animals slaughtered are sheep. The maintenance of a 100% meat inspection service has, therefore, entailed the performance of much work after normal office hours and at week-ends and public holidays, and I would particularly like to record my thanks to Mr. A. E. Flintoff, the Senior Additional Public Health Inspector, for the willing manner with v/hich he has co-operated with me in this work. Once again I must say how much I regret that in spite of the many representations made by Stevenage and other Local Authorities, no action has yet been taken to limit by legislation the hours at which slaughtering may take place.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30256999_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
