Offensive trades

The Public Health Act 2016 and Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 defines the following as 'offensive trades':

  • Slaughtering
  • Bone milling
  • Cleaning and laundering
  • Dye works
  • Fat rendering
  • Fellmongering, tanning
  • Fish curing
  • Bird flocking
  • Manuring
  • Pig rearing
  • Storing, drying, or preserving bones, hides, hoofs or skins
  • Tripe boiling
  • Boiling down meat, bones, blood, or offal

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Public Health Act 2016

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911