. Denmark; its medical organization, hygiene and demography . e-husks is placed overthe rafters. The hall is ventilated by means of the open windowsand openings in the bottom of the gable-doors and in the upper partof the roof. Pigs are killed in a separate hall, which in the mainis constructed like the others, with such alterations as are necessaryfor the slaughtering of these animals. Larger cattle and pigs arestunned by a blow on the head, before being slaughtered, which, asa rule, is also the case with calves; sheep and lambs have theirthroats cut. Certain Jewish butchers slaughter in thei
. Denmark; its medical organization, hygiene and demography . e-husks is placed overthe rafters. The hall is ventilated by means of the open windowsand openings in the bottom of the gable-doors and in the upper partof the roof. Pigs are killed in a separate hall, which in the mainis constructed like the others, with such alterations as are necessaryfor the slaughtering of these animals. Larger cattle and pigs arestunned by a blow on the head, before being slaughtered, which, asa rule, is also the case with calves; sheep and lambs have theirthroats cut. Certain Jewish butchers slaughter in their ritual are killed in a special hall constructed like the others. Fur-ther, there is a scalding house, a place for cleaning intestines, asanitary slaughter house and quarantine stalls for the slaughteringand stabling of sick or suspected animals, and larger or smallerbuildings for offices and the inspection of imported meat, A coolinghouse was erected in 1888 on the German Osenbruch system. J^om the 7bum* PLAN OF THE COPENHAGEN ABATTOIR. HARBOUR. New Sloron-Street TioMXer MEAT INSPECTION. 113 The cooler is an ammonia compressing machine; the air is renewed12 times per hour. The temperature in the cooling rooms is fixedat+3 ° C. The Abattoir is supplied with water from the Copenhagenwater works and is lighted with gas. Up to the present but fewhave utilized the blood, but this state of things will soon be blood is therefore by means of surface and waste water carriedoff from the slaughter houses into a special oviform sewer, whichis emptied into the Gas Works Harbour (see p. 99). Before reachingthe outlet the water passes through a settling basin, where the solidsubstances are deposited and the water discoloured and disinfectedby the addition of a disinfectant. The Abattoir covers a space of58,000 square alen (22,852 square meters) and the buildings have,up to the present, cost 2 millions of kroner (18*16 kroner=£l). TheCopenhagen Cattle Market (Kjobenh
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