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Bethnal Green 1924

Special report on an outbreak of Typhoid Fever in the Borough of Bethnal Green in 1924

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List of Licensed Cowhouses.
63, Bishop's Road. —(No. of cows —Shed No. 1 —8
cows, Shed No. 2—6 cows.)
42, Cheshire Street.—(6 cows.)
23, Ezra Street.—(6 cows.)
38, Fellbrigg Street.— (No. of cows—Shed No. 1—
8 cows, Shed No. 2 —B cows.)
104, Gibraltar Walk.—(lB cows.)
34b, Green Street.—(45 cows.)
1, Hamilton Road.—(l3 cows.)
55, Kerbela Street. — (No. of cows —Shed No. 1-18
cows, Shed No. 2 —2 cows.)
2, Lisbon Street.—(l9 cows.)
64, Squirries Street.—(l4 cows.)
38, Three Colts Lane.—(23 cows.)
6, Warley Street.—(10 cows.)
The drains of the cowhouses at 34b, Green Street,
and 6, Warley Street, were relaid during the year.
During the autumn, and in consequence of an
outbreak of Typhoid Fever, the Public Health Committee
gave directions for a poster to be issued
throughout the Borough advising residents to boil all
milk before drinking it.
Ice Cream Premises.
There were 182 ice cream premises recorded at
the end of the year, and 365 visits were paid to them
by the district inspectors. Proceedings were taken
against one occupier under the L.C.C. (General Powers)
Act, 1902, and a fine and costs amounting to £3 Is. Od.
were awarded.