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BRENTFORD MARKET
Brentford Market is a large wholesale market for the sale of fruit, vege
tables and flowers It covers an area of approximately 11 acres and is under
the control of the Borough Council The Corporation employs a staff of 18 at
the market and there are approximately 450 holdings with 142 tenants, On busy
days roughly 1,500 vehicles pass through the market.
The market is cleansed daily by manual and mechanical sweeping., refuse
being removed each day to a controlled tip.
There are four sanitary convenience blocks in the market three for men and
one for women. Washing facilities with hot and cold water are available in two
of the men's blocks and in the women's. The survey of public conveniences in
the Borough referred to on page 70 included a review of the public sanitary
facilities in the market Improvements were required and a schedule of these
was presented to and approved by the Council, and work is now proceeding to
provide hot and cold water and electric hand driers in all the conveniences.
The Public Health Inspectors pay frequent visits to the market to confirm
the maintenance of good sanitation and the Corporation aiiploys the services of
a firm of pest exterminators who pay visits to the Market every six weeks or
more often if necessary to ensure that it is kept free from rodent infestation,
Situated in the Market are also wholesalers who deal in groceries,, tinned
foods, etc., and in this connection the Public Health Inspectors visit for the
condemnation of such goods as are reckoned to be unfit for human consumption.
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