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Accumulations were found in 40 (i.e., 1.8 per cent.), viz., in yards
30, in kitchens 8, and in areas 2; whilst in 1 (i.e., 0.4 per cent.) animals
were found to be improperly kept in a yard so as to be a nuisance.
In 9 (i.e., 4 per cent.) the premises generally were dilapidated, in
8 (i.e., 3.6 per cent.) the kitchen floors, in 15 (i.e., 6.7 per cent.) the
yard paving, in 1 (i.e., 0.4 per cent.) the kitchen walls, and in 1 (i.e.,
0.4 per cent.) the kitchen ceiling.
Dampness was discovered as follows: —
Yards 4 (i.e., 1.8 per cent.), scullery 1 (i.e., 0.4 per cent.)
walls (kitchen) 2 (i.e., 1 per cent.), passage 1 (i.e. 0.4 per
cent.), w.c. 3 (i.e., 1.3 per cent.)
(d) Overcrowding.
In no single instance was overcrowding found.
A perusal of this Report will satisfy the members of the Council that
the inspection and sanitary supervision of these kitchens was wanted,
and must result in improved conditions under which foodstuffs are
prepared, and cooked, for consumption, with a consequent lessening,
or preventing, of a distinct danger to the public health within the
Borough of Lambeth. The sanitary defects found (including out-of-date
appliances, etc.) have been, or are in course of being, remedied;
and in the case of each kitchen one or more re-inspections have already
been made by the Inspector.
The kitchens of restaurants, dining rooms, etc., within the Borough
are now in a satisfactory sanitary condition.
The greater part of the work represented in this Report was done last
year (1902), but the results were not tabulated until the Work-places
had been re-inspected.
March 9th, 1903.
Joseph Priestley.