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The following fresh applications were dealt with during the year
1910:—
An application from Mr. Benjamin Waddington, of Peckham Rye,
for permission to extract fat from wash during pig feeding, at premises
formerly in the occupation of Messrs. A. Towers & Co., in Barbers
Road, was granted subject to the necessary work being carried out to
the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health.
An application from Mr. Lawson S. Wright, of Bethnal Green, to
establish the trade of tallow-melting and bone-boiling at premises
formerly in the occupation of Messrs. Morris & Bolton, Barbers Road,
was deferred for the submission of detailed plans of premises and
plant proposed to be used. This plan was eventually submitted and
permission was granted subject to the necessary work being carried
out to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health.
An application from Messrs. Hornett, Foster & Co., Ltd., to take
over the business of Mr. W. H. Hornett, in Barbers Road, was
granted.
Common Lodging Houses.—There are 13 Common
Lodging Houses in the Borough, seven in the Stratford district and
six in the Tidal Basin district, all of which, with one exception, were
originally constructed and used for other purposes such as private
dwellings or warehouses, and have been adapted more or less successfully
to meet the requirements of the Common Lodging House
Bye-laws.
The accommodation in these amount to 652 beds.
During the year Mr. Thomas Charles Felton was registered as
the Keeper of the Common Lodging House Nos. 4 and 6, Crawford
Street, and Mr. Thomas Foster was registered as the Keeper of No.
72, Great Eastern Road.