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 of the Hackney District for the year 1903
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58, High Street, Stoke Newington.— The ovens removed from
front and built under yard at rear; new glazed lantern
light at rear made to open for ventilation; walls and
ceiling rendered and whitened; woodwork painted;
troughs fitted with wheels; new coal cellar formed with
door; new glazed sash in passage wall for light; floor
repaired; store room separated from bakehouse and placed
in front where the old oven was formerly placed;
new partially glazed partition; walls and ceiling
rendered and whitened; new concrete and cement floor;
new stall-board light made to open for ventilation; improved
light from pavement light with glazed tiles; all
woodwork painted.
176, High Street, Stoke Newington.—Walls rendered and
whitened; new ceiling provided; trough fitted with
wheels; floor repaired; improved light, with panes of
glass let into floor ; store-room cleansed and whitened.
239, Amhurst Eoad.—Walls and ceiling rendered and whitened;
improved light and ventilation with new lantern light at
rear; troughs fitted with wheels; new store cupboard
erected in flour store.
33, Rectory Road.—Walls and ceiling rendered and whitened;
lantern light (old) repaired and painted; door to coal
cellar refitted; store room—a portion of shop floor
removed, and new glazed stall-board lights made to open
for ventilation, also two small iron ventilators fixed in
same.
74, Oldhill Street.—Light and ventilation improved; troughs
put on castors.
8, Cazenove Road.—Light and ventilation improved ; walls and
ceiling rendered and whitened ; floor concreted ; troughs
put on castors.