BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-11-21
Regulations Governing Slaughter
houses and the Employees Of
Same in San Juan, As Ordered
By the Local Board Of Health
and the Alcalde,

All persons employed in or about the
slaughterhouse shall be clothed in suitable
garments. These shall be changed at least
twice week or ottener, when requested by
those in charge.
No person, employees or others shall smoke
in the place set aside for the killing aRd
dressing of the meat.
Attention is called to the splitting ordinance
as published by the Superior Board of
Health.
No person shall lounge about ON the
tables in the slaughterhouse.
All persons directly connected with the
killing OF or the handling of meat, shall
present to those in charge, certificate from
tne Oily Physician, showing that they are
free from communicable dIseasb. This GER
tificate shall be renewed at least once q
month.
The room to the left of the entrance to
gl.o siu..s,l.sv. small 20 u1cd W GnU Ino.
tarlfes for changing their clothing or wash.
'lSg themselves. Any person washing his
person or part thereof in the slaughterhouse
room will De punished as hereafter provided
tor.
Ali animals awaiting inspection or slaught
er shall be treated IN humane manner
and be watered at regular intervals.
No more than 10 hogs shall be kept in
any one hog pen at one time. Ii those in
charge think necessary, this number may
be reduced.
Tue holders or lessees of said hog pens
shall make such repairs as may be deemed
necessary by those in charge.
The violation Of any of these ordinances
by employees at the slaughterhouse shall
subject them to suspension from one to
FIVE days. Repeated offences against these
regulations shall subject such offender to
permanent suspension or arrest.
All arguments, tending to create excite.
menE or resistance, verbal or physical, to
those Ill charge and who are enforcing
these ordinances, shall subject offender to
instant arrest. A convicted offender shall
be forever prohibited from working in the
SaughternouSe again.
Loud and boisterous talking, singing or
laus hug during work is not conducive to
good WORK kmaDshIp and is hereby prohibited.
No employee will be permitted to kill or
dress meat who does not own proper set
of tools. Those who have none shall pro.
vide themselves with same.
No intoxicated person shall be permitted
on the premises.
No animal or fowl outside Of those thai
are to be slaughtered shall be permitted on
the premises. The overseer or those in
charge, shall carry to the pound any horse,
dog or fowl SO found, tanking the pound
keepers receipt for same.
Any person detected committing nuis.
ance IN or about the slaughterhouse premises
will be arrested at once.
No women or children will be permitted
about the premises during the hours of
killing.
Those in charge Of the slaughterhouse at
this tine are the lst and End Assistant and
the Veterinary Surgeon, aud sucn Overseer
as may be on duty on that day. Executive
authority Tor enforcing penalties is only
vested in the first three named.
ADy grievance or complaint shall be lodg-
ed with thoss IN charge after or before the
tours Of killing and they shall render just
opinion on such cases, after proper investi.
gatlon.
The Wagons hauling meat shall be in
sanitary condition and to the satisfaction |
Of the Veterinary Surgeon.
Thoss employed in the rendering room
shall keep their respective placed clean, also
the yard and gateway and it shall be tIeir
duty to keep same tree from fowls or
animals:
Tue Strengthening room for cattle shall be
kept in clean and sanitary condition at
any snd oil times.
Ne person not connected in some capacity |
with the animals killed, shall be permitt.
ID in the slaughter room except BY permias
licn OF those In charge.