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Southwark 1936

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

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BAKEHOUSES.
151, Borough High Street.—Dough and cake mixer installed. Part
of flooring over concreted. (These premises are now unoccupied.)
128-132, New Kent Road.—Ceilings provided to outer store rooms.
Bench and wall at back (on first gallery) cleansed and covered with zinc
so as same can be kept in a cleanly condition.
126, Southward Bridge Road.—Ventilated lobby to W.C. provided.
Bakehouse repainted.
304, Old Kent Road.—New food store provided. Bakehouse walla
and ceilings repainted. New ceiling provided.
182, Grosvenor Terrace.—Oven front rebuilt.
185, Blackfriars Road.—Vaults off bakehouse, walls and floor rendered
waterproof, three louvred lights and extractor fan for ventilation purposes
installed. Vaults separated by partition so as to provide ventilated
lobby to W.C.
55, Rodney Road.—Gas-heated steam generator installed.
III, Trafalgar Street.—Flour loft ceiling provided, walls and floor
cleansed, sashes and sash frames amended and repainted. New hopper
to flour shoot. Three new trough tops.
Gambia Street.—First floor bakehouse flooring amended as required
by red tiling. Walls at rear of doughnut frying pan and supporting piers
of apparatus white tiled, and sloping zinc tray under and flooring under
red tiled. Dished concrete platform for ice chest, and walls behind white
tiled.
2, Stoney Street.—New skylight with hinged sashes provided.
15, Old Kent Road.—Bakehouse floor red tiled, white glazed asbestos
ceiling provided, all woodwork cleansed and repainted. Further works
to be carried out later.
272, Old Kent Road.—Yard repaved, bakehouse, new vent shaft in
roof. Flour store, floor at side of oven red tiled, remainder of floor
concreted. Coal store in bakehouse enclosed. W.C. in yard, new seat,
rafters, roof, gutter, rain-pipe and walls rendered. Dough mixing room,
new roof and ceiling and shelves, woodwork repainted, dough mixer
cleansed. Two food stores in yard and a dressing room (for men) provided.

NUISANCES ABATED IN CONSEQUENCE OF NOTICES.

Dirty walls13
,, ceilings11
,, floors7
,, paving6
Defective walls3
,, ceilings3
,, floors2
,, paving2
,, and dirty utensils17
,, roofs3
,, oven walls1
Light and ventilation7
Utensils provided8
Dustbins provided4
New sinks3
Dressing rooms2
Miscellaneous items55
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