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District No. 2 (continued).
Pollard, James 124, Bethnal Green-road
Read, James 274, Bethnal Green-road
Robinson, Frederick 176, Cambridge-road
Rolfe, Robert 25, Cambridge-road
Watson, William 470, Bethnal Green-road
Wragg, John Henry 274, Bethnal Green-road
District No. 3.
Dupuy, William 218, Green-street
Mercer, William 53, Green-street
Mazengarb, George 47, Green-street
Simons, Samuel 21, Roman-road
BAKEHOUSES
There are 92 bakehouses in the parish. These have
been carefully inspected, and notices served where
requisite. I found 48 in a dirty condition, 19 with
closets foul and dirty, 11 having defective drains, and
43 with no traps to the sinks. 34 of the bakehouses
are underground cellars, and, of course, from their
position, most difficult to properly ventilate; in the
majority of these, indeed, the ventilation was as bad as
it could well be.
I have considerable difficulty in persuading the
bakers that limewashing is not merely a beautifying
process, but is a positive Sanitary necessity. They
seem, in particular, strongly to object to whitewash
their ceilings, saying, that the steam and smoke will
make them as bad in a fortnight as they were before
they were done. I have, however, insisted on my
directions being carried out.
This is, probably, my last report upon the subject,
as the Bakehouse Regulation Act, under which we