Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1902
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LIST OF UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSES in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.
Folio. | Name and Address. | Position. | Height of Bakehouse | Means of | Construction of | Position of | Description of Yard. | ||||||||||
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Ceiling above street level | Floor to Ceiling. | Light. | Ventilation. | Walls. | Ceiling. | Floor. | Staircase. | W.C. | Sink. | Water Supply. | Flour Loft. | Coals. | |||||
Arthur Conder, 17, Arbery Road | Corner basement | Level | ft. 7 | in. 2 | Three areas | Three areas | Brick plastered | Lath and plaster | Cement | Enclosed step-ladder | In yard | In bakehouse | In bakehouse | None | In bakehouse | Open yard | |
Albert Klapper, 5, Approach Road | Front basement | 10-in. | 7 | 6 | Windows over oven, etc. | Window over oven, etc. | Brick | Ditto | Flagging and Cement | Staircase | Ditto | External | External | None | Ditto | Open yard | |
B. Lazarus, 141, Bethnal Green Rd | Ditto | Level | 8 | 6 | Stall-board | Stall-board | Ditto | Boards and joists | Concrete | Enclosed | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | None | Ditto | Small open yard on level with bakehouse floor. | |
London Cake & Biscuit Co. 44, Bethnal Green Rd. | Whole basement | Ditto | 14 | 0 | enclosed yard in rear | Fan lights and stall-board | Ditto | Ditto | Concrete | Ditto | In rear | In rear | In bakehouse | On first floor | Ditto | No yard. | |
H. E. Croft, 160, Bethnal Green Rd | Corner basement | 6-in. | 8 | 6 | Stall-board and pavement lights | Stall-board | Ditto | Ditto | York Paving | Ditto | In passage at rear | In bakehouse | Ditto | In rear of bakehouse | Ditto | Very small open yard on level with bakehouse floor. | |
James Syrett, 203, Bethnal Green Rd | Whole basement | Level | 8 | 0 | Window in rear | By door to yard | Ditto | Roughly ceiled | York and Cement | Open ladder | In rear | External | External | None | Ditto | Very small yard, about 3 feet above bakehouse floor. | |
Mrs. Cooper, 238, Bethnal Green Rd | Ditto | 10-in | 6 | 4 | Back door and stall-board | Back door and stall-board | Ditto | Boards and joists | Rough Concrete | Step-ladder and stone steps | In yard | In yard | Ditto | None | Ditto | Fair sized open yard, about 4 feet above bakehouse floor. | |
Joseph Kau, 104, Barnet Grove | Corner basement | Level | 7 | 6 | Stall-board | Stall-board and opening | Ditto | Matchboard | Wood | Enclosed | Ditto | External | Ditto | Alongside bakehouse | Ditto | Very small yard, open, about 7 feet above bakehouse floor. | |
George Sendner, 65, Barnet Grove | Rear corner basement | Level | 7 | 4 | Skylight to yard | Opening in skylight | Plastered | Lath and plaster | Wood & Cement | Open step-ladder | Ditto | In yard | In bakehouse | In front basement | Ditto | Small yard level with bakehouse ceiling, open. | |
F. Ringe, 23, Bonner Street | Whole basement | Level | 7 | 0 | Three gratings over area | Gratings | Brick | Lath and plaster | Flagging | Open step-ladder | Ditto | Gully in bakehouse | In bakehouse | None | Ditto | Yard fairly large, open, level with ceiling of bakehouse. | |
Catherine Feuchter, 2, Bonner Road | Front basement | 10-in. below | 8 | 0 | From window into small area | Window and door | Plastered | Lath and plaster partly | Concrete | Open staircase | Ditto | In bakehouse | In bakehouse | Alongside bakehouse | In yard | Very small yard, open, level with ceiling of bakehouse. | |
Nicholas Louis, 141, Brick Lane | Corner front basement | Level | 7 | 9 | Stall-board lights | Louvres and openings in covered yard | Plastered | Lath and plastered | Brick & York | Enclosed step-ladder | In covered yard | In covered yard | In flour store | In rear of bakehouse | Ditto | Covered yard, very small | |
Ludwig Hempel, 47, Brady Street | Corner basement | Ditto | 8 | 1 | Window in front area | Window and door | Ditto | Lath and plaster | Concrete | Enclosed | In yard | In yard | In bakehouse | Ditto | Ditto | Small open yard, level with bakehouse ceiling. | |
F. Mathias, 9, Cambridge Road | Back basement | Ditto | 7 | 9 | Window to yard | Window and door | Brick | Boards and joists | York Paving | Enclosed step-ladder | Ditto | In bakehouse | Ditto | In front basement | Ditto | Small open yard, 5 feet above bakehouse ceiling. | |
Lewis Rosenbloom, 145, Cambridge Road | Front basement | Ditto | 8 | 7 | Window in rear | Window in rear and stall-board | Plaster | Ditto | Concrete | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | None | In bakehouse | Small jard, open, level with bakehouse ceiling. | |
H. Knowles, 395, Cambridge Road | Ditto | Ditto | 7 | 10 | Stall-board and back area | Stall-board and back area | Brick | Lath and plaster | York and Brick | Ditto | Ditto | In yard | Ditto | None | Ditto | Fairly large yard. level with bakehouse ceiling. | |
William Ross, 507, Cambridge Road | Back basement | Ditto | 7 6 to boards | Door and windows | Door, window and stall-board | Ditto | Boards and joists | Concrete | Open ladder in flour loft | On first floor | External in area | In area | Front Basement | In yard | Small open yard, and a small open area, floor of bakehouse level with floor of area. | ||
Joseph Backes, 106, Columbia Road | Corner back basement | Ditto | 8 | 0 | Area and skylight | Area and Skylight | Plaster | Ditto | York | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | External | In front of bakehouse | Ditto | Small yard, open, level with bakehouse ceiling. | |
H. T. Brooks, 1, Georgina Gardens | Whole basement | Ditto | 8 | 0 | None (except borrowed) | Air shaft 8ft. square | Brick | Ditto | Part Wood & Stone | Stone | In adjoining cellar | In flour loft | In flour loft | Adjoining | In flour loft | No yard | |
Christiana Batten, 122, Green Street | Front basement | Ditto | 7 | 0 | Stall-board | Stall-board and area in rear | Ditto | Ditto | Concrete | Enclosed | In yard | In area | In bakehouse | In' rear of bakehouse | In bakehouse | Large yard, open, about 4 feet above bakehouse floor. | |
Christopher Bleines, 64, Hackney Road | Corner basement | Ditto | 7 | 10 | Stall board and area | Stall-boards | Ditto | Ditto | Flagging | Step-ladder and staircase | Ditto | In bakehouse | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Small open yard, level with bakehouse ceiling. | |
J. H. Hoppe, 124, Hackney Road | Whole basement | Ditto | 8 0 to boards | Stall-boards in front | Stall-boards and staircase | Brick and cement dado | Boards and joists | Concrete | Step-ladder | Ditto | In yard | Ditto | None | Ditto | Small yard, open, level with bakehouse ceiling. | ||
Robert Stone, 198, Hackney Road | Ditto | Ditto | 7 | 0 | Stall-board end closed Area at rear | Area in rear and stall-board | Brick | Lath and plaster | Rough Concrete | Open step-ladder | In yard at rear | In bakehouse | Ditto | In bakehouse | Ditto | Fairly large yard, open, level with bakehouse ceiling. | |
Henry Morris, 228, Hackney Road | Back basement | Ditto | 7 | 6 | Window in rear | Window in rear and door in front | Ditto | Boards | Cement | Step-ladder | In yard | In yard | In yard | None | In front basement | Fairly large yard, open, about 3 feet above bakehouse floor. | |
John Frost, 417, Hackney Road | In rear of yard | 3-ft | 8 | 6 | Window into covered area | Window into covered area | Ditto | Joists and boards | Concrete and Flagging | Stone steps to Area | Ditto | Ditto | In bakehouse | Overhead | In yard | Partly-covered yard, about 4ft 6 in. above bakehouse floor. | |
Luigi Offredi, 467, Hackney Road | Corner basement | Level | 8 | 0 | Stall-board, lights and area | Stall-board, lights & grating | Ditto | Boards | Concrete | Step-ladder | On ground floor | In bakehouse | Ditto | None | In bakehouse | No yard. | |
J. Miller, 55, Hartley Street | Ditto | Ditto | 8 | 8 | Three area windows | Three area windows | Brick | Lath and plaster | York Paving | Enclosed step-ladder | In yard | In yard | In bakehouse | None | Ditto | Small yard, open, level with bakehouse ceiling. | |
William Moore, 49, Medway Road | Ditto | Ditto | 7 | 6 | Two areas and stall-board | Two areas and stall-board | Ditto | Ditto | Concrete | Ditto | Ditto | In bakehouse | Ditto | None | Ditto | Small yard, level with bakehouse ceiling, open. | |
G. Davis, 78, Old Bethnal Green Road | Ditto | Ditto | 7 | 8 | Stall-board and back area | Stall-board, back area & door | Ditto | Ditto | Concrete | Enclosed | Ditto | External | Ditto | None | Ditto | Large open yard, level with bakehouse ceiling. | |
J, G. Hauser, 174, Old Ford Road | Ditto | Ditto | 8 | 0 | Stall-board lights in both fronts | Stall-board lights in both fronts | Plaster | Ditto | York Paving | Ditto | Ditto | In yard | Ditto | In rear of bakehouse | In rear of bakehouse | Small yard, open, level with bakehouse ceiling. | |
Henry Stone, 3, Roman Road | Front basement | Ditto | 8 | 0 | Stall-board and window | Window and door | Brick | Ditto | Concrete | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | None | In bakehouse | Large open yard, and an open area, the area level with bakehouse floor. | |
Henry Cooper, 26, Roman Road | Corner basement | Ditto | 7 | 11 | Stall-board and area | Stall-boards and area | Ditto | Ditto | York Paving | Step-ladder | Ditto | Ditto | In yard | Ditto | In yard | Small yard, partly covered, and level with bakehouse ceiling. | |
George Kranz, 17, Turin Street | Double basement corner | Ditto | 8 | 6 | Stall-board and area at back | Stall-board and area at back | Ditto | Boards and joists | Concrete | Enclosed | Ditto | External | Ditto | Ditto | In rear of bakehouse | Small yard, open, level with bakehouse ceiling. | |
Jacob Louis, 59, Virginia Road | Whole basement | Ditto | 9 | 0 | Pavement lights and skylight | Skylight and stall-board light | Ditto | Lath and plaster | Concrete | Ditto | On first floor | In covered area | In bakehouse | Ditto | In bakehouse | Small open yard, level with bakehouse ceiling. | |
John Stein, 184, Vallance Road | Corner basement | 18-in | 7 | 0 | Two small windows on pavement | Two small windows and door to area | Ditto | Joists and boards | York Paving | Enclosed stone steps | In yard | In area | In area | In front of bakehouse | Ditto | Small yard, open, and a small area, floor of bakehouse level with area. | |
George Harding, 343, Whitechapel Rd | Front basement | Level | 7 | 8 | Stall-board | Stall-board, lift and old'chimney flue | Ditto | Boards | Brick | Open step-ladder | Ditto | In bakehouse | In bakehouse | None | Ditto | Small yard, open, ceiling of bakehouse level with yard. |