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Workshop Bakehouses.
In the County of London, the Metropolitan
Borough Councils are responsible for enforcing proper
sanitary conditions in all bakehouses, whether wholesale
or retail, which are workshops, that is, without
mechanical power. There are, in Bethnal Green, 69
workshop bakehouses, 21 of which are underground.
An occupier was prosecuted for keeping a bakehouse
in an insanitary condition, and was fined £5
with 3 guineas cost.
Factory Bakehouses.
There are in Bethnal Green 12 factory bakehouses,
2of which are underground. In every case
the mechanism used, which causes the bakehouse to be
a factory, is a dough-mixer. In 11 cases the power
used is an electric motor and in one case a gas engine.
Generally speaking, the factory bakehouses are
kept clean and in a sanitary condition. Sixty-one
inspections were made during the year, and arising
out of these visits, a notice was served on an occupier
calling attention to lack of cleanliness.
OTHER PREMISES USED FOR THE
PREPARATION OR SALE OF FOOD.
There were 217 such premises on the register, the
majority being restaurant-kitchens. 1,067 inspections
were made during the year, and arising out of such
inspections 123 notices to remedy faults or insanitary
conditions were issued.
UNSOUND FOOD.
The Food Inspector has kept under regular inspection
food exposed or deposited for sale in
slaughter houses, shops (especially butchers', cooked
meat and fishmongers' shops), stalls, and market
places.