Mr. Spear's report to the Local Government Board upon a prevalence of typhoid fever locally ascribed to certain slaughter-house premises at New Brighton, near Birkenhead.

  • Spear, John.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Mr. Spear's report to the Local Government Board upon a prevalence of typhoid fever locally ascribed to certain slaughter-house premises at New Brighton, near Birkenhead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5. No room or loft should be constructed over the slaughter-house. 6. The slaughter-house should be provided with an adequate tank or other proper receptacle for water, so placed that the bottom shall not be less than six feet above the level of the floor of the slaughter-house. 7. The slaughter house should be provided with means of thorough ventilation. 8 The slaughter-house should be well paved with asphalte or concrete, and laid with proper slope and channel towards a gully, which should be properly trapped and covered with a grating, the bars of which should be not more than three-eighths of an inch apart. Provision for the effectual drainage of the slaughter-house should also be made. 9. The surface of the walls in the interior of the slaughter-house should be covered with hard, smooth, impervious material, to a sufficient height. 10. No watercloset, privy, or cesspool should be constructed within the slaughter-house. There should be no direct communication between the slaughter-house and any stable. watercloset, privy, or cesspool. 11. Every lair for cattle in connexion with the slaughter-house should be properly paved, drained, and ventilated. No habitable room should be constructed over any lair.” John Lambert, Secretary. Local Government Board, 25th July 1877. 1