Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Factory Bakehouses.
There are also 29 factory bakehouses, 9 of which
are underground. In nearly 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.
One hundred and nine inspections were made
during the year, and 15 notices were served.
Other Premises used for the Preparation or Sale
of Food.
There were 218 such premises on the register, the
majority being restaurant-kitchens or butchers' shops.
846 inspections were made during the year, and
arising out of such inspections 109 notices to remedy
faults or insanitary conditions were issued.
Slaughterhouses.
There are two licensed slaughterhouses in the
Borough, situated at:—
294, Bethnal Green Road.
354, Bethnal Green Road.
The licensing is now in the hands of the Borough
Council.
20 visits were made to slaughterhouses by the
Food Inspector.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
The number of animals killed at the slaughter-houses was as follows:—
| Lambs | 52 |
| Sheep | 1 |
| Total | 53 |