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Hackney 1903

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1903

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lighting and ventilation improved; troughs put on
castors ; door provided to coal cellar.
131, High Street, Homerton.—Walls of bakehouse rendered and
painted; floor lowered and made good; increased light
obtained from stall-board and glazed tiles to walls of area;
ventilation improved by window in partition between
bakehouse and flour store; troughs placed on castors;
door fitted to coal cellar.
167, High Street Homerton.—Walls of bakehouse rendered
and painted; fibrous slabs fixed to ceiling of bakehouse;
floor lowered and concreted; flour store separated from
bakehouse by a partition; troughs placed on castors.
215, Glyn Road.—Walls and ceiling rendered and distempered;
floor concreted, height—7 ft. 6 in., obtained by excavation;
doors provided between store and bakehouse;
ventilation obtained from under the stall-boards ; castors
put on troughs.
36, Chatsworth Road.—Ceiling and walls distempered and
rendered; windows renovated generally; paving renewed;
door to coal cellar provided; ovens faced with glazed
bricks.
19, Chatsworth Road.—Ceiling distempered ; walls distempered
and rendered; door provided between store and bakehouse.
138, Chatsworth Road.—Lighting improved by fixing extra
casement in flank wall with pavement light (casement
2 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 9 in.); panels in door at rear removed,
and one glass panel fixed in each door; ventilation
improved; casements (three) in stall-board; fanlight over
door and doors made to open; walls plastered and ceiling
lime whitened; walls painted.