§ Mr. RENDALLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the Remount Department of the War Office have for some time sanctioned a slaughter-house for horses in a wooden building alongside the main road from Avonmouth to Shirehampton; whether he is aware that the stench from the carcases of the dead horses is continuous and penetrates a considerable distance, and makes the use of the road and footpath impossible without breathing an atmosphere which is dangerous to health; whether he is aware that there has been an epidemic of throat complaints at Avonmouth, especially among the school children who have to pass and repass within a foot or two of the slaughter-house daily; and can he arrange for the removal of the slaughter-house to a spot much further removed from the public footpath and highway?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe slaughter-house referred to, which is a temporary structure, had to be erected near a good road with as little delay as possible, for the reception of horses destroyed on disembarkation from Canada. It is 150 yards away from the nearest dwelling house, and every effort is being made to keep it sanitary. Arrangements are in progress for building a road to a more suitable site some distance from the main road.