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Bethnal Green 1914
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Patriot Square,
Bethnal Green, E.
TO THE
PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Herewith I respectfully beg leave to present my
Annual Report on the work of the Staff of the Public
Health Department for the year ending December 31st,
1914.
All the various routine duties have been attended
to, and the details set forth in the usual returns annexed
hereto. The markets have been regularly inspected,
and the condition of the food supply kept under daily
observation.
Under the provisions of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts, a total of 766 samples of food and drugs
were taken and submitted for analysis by the Public
Analyst; whilst 83 samples were analysed in our own
Laboratory at the Town Hall, by Mr. Bilham, who, as