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Slaughterhouses, are licensed in the Metropolis under Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (26Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 50), s. 144, repealing the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, s. 20, and in large towns by the Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, ss. 125-131, incorporated by the Public Health Act, 1875, s. 169; by which Act it includes the buildings and places commonly called slaughter-houses and knacker's yards, and any building or place used for slaughtering cattle, horses or animals of any description for sale. As to the powers of the Ministry of Agriculture to regulate and restrict the slaughter of animals used for food, see the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1914.It means any place ordinarily used for the slaughter of animals for the purpose of selling the flesh thereof for human consumption. [Cantonments Act, 1924, s. 2(xxxiv)]