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Southwark 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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COWSHEDS.
No cows are being kept in the Borough at the present time.
BAKEHOUSES.
During the year 510 inspections were made of the various bakehouses
and factories.
The following defects were discovered by the Inspector, who found
it necessary to serve 55 intimation and 7 statutory notices in order to
obtain the abatement of the nuisances complained of:—
Dirty utensils 17 cases
Dirty ceilings 39 cases
Dirty walls 38 cases
Dirty floors 26 cases
Food or flour store dirty 11 cases
Oven front defective 1 case
Defective walls 3 cases
Defective floors 3 cases
Defective roofs 1 cases
Defective ceilings 6 cases
Defective troughs 4 cases
Insufficient sanitary accommodation 2 cases
Damp walls 2 cases
Defective paving 2 cases
Other insanitary conditions 27 cases
Total 182 cases
All the above-mentioned nuisances were remedied.
Each bakehouse was limewashed or the walls washed as required.
Certificates have been granted during the year to the undermentioned
bakehouses:—
Above Ground Bakehouses.
386, Walworth Road. 176, East Street.
61, Westmoreland Road. 63, Finchley Road.
Underground Bakehouses.
34, Portland Street. 42, New Kent Road.
119, Walworth Road. 68, Alvey Street.