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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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Fried Fish and Fish-Curing Premises.
At the end of 1924 there were 54 fried fish
vendor' premises in the Borough, at three of which
curing was also carried on. There were 25 fish curers'
premises, including these three. Three hundred and
eleven visits were made by the Food Inspector to these
premises, and 13 notices were served for insanitary
conditions.
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, 60
workshop bakehouses, 19 of which are underground:
186 visits were made to them during the year.
Factory Bakehouses.
There are in Bethnal Green 17 factory bakehouses,
5 of which are underground. In every case
the mechanism used, which causes the bakehouse to
be a factory, is a dough-mixer.
Generally speaking, the factory bakehouses are
kept clean and in a sanitary condition. Seventy-six
inspections were made during the year, and arising
out of these visits, one notice was served on an occupier
calling attention to lack of cleanliness.
Wholesale Dealers in Margarine.
The following premises are registered as being
occupied by wholesale dealers in margarine : —
136, 352, 374 and 420, Bethnal Green Road, 153
and 200, Brick Lane, 231, Cambridge Road, 19, 182,
199, 209, 211, Green Street, 282, 324 a and 489,
Hackney Road and 43a, Old Ford Road.