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Two bakehouses have been closed during the year, and
one new one opened. All these bakehouses are periodically
inspected so as to ensure the maintenance of a fair state of
cleanliness and suitable conditions for the employees. In
building new bakehouses, the question of the type of oven is
gone into so as to secure as little pollution of the air of the
bakehouse as is possible. It is an obvious advantage to stoke
from the bakehouse so that the men may not have to go out
from the warm air to feed their fires; at the same time this
involves the storage and handling of a certain amount of coal
in the bakehouse itself, which in careless hands is often
undesirable.
MEAT SUPPLY.
There are three slaughterhouses in the district, one at
Barkingside, in the more outlying portion of the district;
the other two are situated in the town itself.
Under "Legal Proceedings" will be found an account
of the result of the legal action arising out of the seizure of a
quantity of meat.
During the year the following articles were condemned
as unfit for human consumption:—
Ox liver.
Two hindquarters of beef (4 cwt.).
One sheep's head.
Ox liver (10 lbs.).
Seven geese.
The slaughterhouses have been kept under careful supervision
during the year, and two of the Assistant Sanitary
Inspectors are specially qualified as meat inspectors.
FISH SHOPS.
During the past year these have been constantly inspected,
and the following fish were condemned as unfit for
human consumption:—
2 boxes of bloaters.
8 lbs. of eels.
2 boxes of kippers.