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Factory Bakehouses.
There are in Bethnal Green 20 factory bakehouses,
7 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. Ninetythree
inspections were made during the year.
Bakehouse Welfare Obdeii, 1927.
The above-mentioned order which came into force
on the 1st May, 1927, requires occupiers of bakehouses
to provide for their employees proper means of washing,.
accommodation for storing and drying clothing, first aid
treatment for injuries and a proper supply of drinking
water. They are also required to have prominently
displayed in the bakehouse a copy of the official notice
with regard to dermatitis. The order was not clear as
to the authority charged with the enforcement of these
very desirable public health measures, but it was
eventually understood to be the Factory Department of
the Home Office.
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, 324a and 489,
Hackney Road and 43a, Old Ford Road.
Other Premises used for the Preparation or Sale
of Food.
There were 187 such premises on the register, the
majority being restaurant-kitchens. Five hundred and
eighty inspections were made during the year, and
arising out of such inspections 67 Notices to
remedy faults or insanitary conditions were issued.