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The question of the requirements to be complied with as to construction, light
ventilation, and in all other respects which shall be deemed necessary, in order that an
underground bakehouse may be certified as suitable, came before the Heal oh
Committee at the close of the year and is now under consideration.
The number of bakehouses in use in the Borough at present is 84, of which 33
are above ground and 51 underground. There are also two other bakehouses, one
above and the other underground, which are not now in use, but which could be
brought into use. As the result of inspection, seventeen were found to require limewashing,
in a few others some minor sanitary defects needed attention, and in one
extensive works were necessary in connection with the drains. The condition of one
bakehouse had to be brought under the notice of the Health Committee specially, the
premises being in an extremely dirty state, and there being a good deal of unnecessary
delay on the part of the occupier in taking the necessary steps to cleanse it, a
statutory notice under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, was served, and the
bakehouse was cleansed. Generally it may be stated that, taking the standard of past
years, the condition of the bakehouses in the Borough was on the whole satisfactory _
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
The slaughter houses on the register number 14, or one less than last year, the
license of that at No. 59 Weymouth Terrace having been refused by the London
County Council. This slaughter house had not been used for slaughtering for several
months prior to the refusal of the license. The list of the licensed slaughter houses
in the Borough is, with the exclusion of the slaughter house at No. 59 Weymouth
Terrace, as contained in the last year's annual report. The slaughter houses were
inspected as usual during the year, and their condition may be reported as satisfactory.
COWSHEDS, DAIRIES AND MILKSHOPS.
With the exclusion of the cowshed at No. la Clift Street, the license of which was
allowed to lapse, the list of cowsheds remains as set forth in the annual report for
1901. The number now on the register is 9, and the number of cows kept in
Shoreditch is 103, as compared with 110 in 1901, 114 in 1900, and 135 in 1899. The
cowhouses were subject to periodic inspection during the year, and their condition
may be described as satisfactory.
The number of dairymen and purveyors of milk on the register for the year was
304. In sixteen cases the sale of milk was discontinued, in 87 the milk shops changed
hands, and there were 21 fresh applications to be placed on the register. The milk
shops were subject to periodic visitation throughout the year by the sanitary inspectors.
In three cases warnings were necessary on account of dirty utensils. In one instance
new utensils were required, and were provided. Altogether 8 sanitary notices were
served in respect to premises upon which milk was being sold. One of these was in
regard to a defective roof and absence of a proper receptacle for house refuse, one as
to the drainage arrangements, two as to defective paving of yards, and four on account
of want of proper attention to the general cleanliness of the premises.