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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF BETHNAL GREEN.
"Public Health Department
2, Paradise Row, N.E.
26th September, 1909.
To Stall Holders, Butchers, Greengrocers, etc.
Complaint having been made to this authority respecting
the practice of butchers and greengrocers placing meat,
vegetables and other eatables, on the roadway, the Pubiic
Health Committee have instructed me to call your attention
to the same and to request that in their own interests butchers
and stall holders will cease from so doing and will either
provide a shelf or boxes on which to place their goods so that
the same may be at least some foot or eighteen inches from
the roadway.
I am directed to add, in addition to this caution, that, if
the above practice should be found to be continued, the Public
Health Committee will take such legal proceedings as they are
advised againt any stall holder or other person who shall place
any food intended for human consumption on to the road or
foot-way or into the gutter or any part thereof.
It is hoped that traders will in their own interests take
every precaution to carry out the above request.
JOHN FOOT,
Chief Inspector."
This letter in conjunction with the close attention
of the inspectors has effected a marked improvement
in the matter.
Attached to this report are the usual detailed
items tabulated and set forth under the several
Appendices A to U. Full particulars of all the
various duties performed will be found in these
appendices which I venture to submit contain evidence
of a full and useful year's work having been carried