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be abolished (as the bakehouses were occupied before 1883). Owners
of bakehouses, of which the inside traps and gullies were found
defective, were compelled to go to the expense of having them
properly trapped under Section 16 of the 1883 Act, which Section
enacts the penalty for a bakehouse being unfit on sanitary grounds
for use as a bakehouse; but now, by the 1895 Act, all such openings
it seems must be abolished, and owners thereby put to further expense.
It appears from observation that a well-trapped gully in a
bakehouse, the floor of which is concreted (as in several instances in
the districf) is conducive to sanitation, as the bakers can wash down
he floors readily, and swill under the troughs.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES AND COW-HOUSES.
The owners of slaughter-houses, 11 in Poplar, 6 in Bromley; cowhouses,
5 in Poplar, 8 in Bromley, asked the County Council to
renew their licenses. The usual notice was given to the Board, the
premises were inspected, and any defects found were notified to the
Medical Officer of the licensing authority. In no case did I advise
the Board to oppose the license.
MUD FIELD, EAST FERRY ROAD,
The following letter will speak for itself as to the steps I advised
respecting the Mud field:-
" BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE POPLAR DISTRICT,
"117, High Street, Poplar, E.
"30th January 1896.
" To the Chairman and Directors of the Millwall Dock Company.
"Re Mud-heap East Ferry Road. —Suggested Scheme.—
"Willow Growing.
"Gentlemen,—
"For some time I have had under consideration the mud-heap
alongside of the East Ferry Road, belonging to your Company, as to