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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Ice Cream Premises.
There were 179 ice cream premises registered at
the end of the year, and 331 visits were paid to them
by the district inspectors : 41 notices were served.
Fried Fish and Fish-Curing Premises.
At the end of 1937 there were 32 fried fish vendors'
premises in the Borough. There were 21 fish curers'
premises. 307 visits were made by the Food Inspectors
to these premises, and 21 notices were served
for insanitary conditions.
Workshop Bakehouses.
There are, in Bethnal Green, 32 workshop bakehouses,
9 of which are underground : 168 visits were
made to them during the year, resulting in the serving
of 21 sanitary notices.
Factory Bakehouses.
There are also 33 factory bakehouses, 10 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.
164 inspections were made during the year, and
24 notices were served.
Other Premises used for the Preparation or
Sale of Food.
There were 234 such premises on the register, the
majority being restaurant-kitchens or butchers'
shops.
972 inspections were made during the year, and
arising out of such inspections 64 notices to remedy
faults or insanitary conditions were issued.