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Southwark 1936

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

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131
97a, Brandon Street.—Bakehouse flooring red tiled, oven front
amended, new sink, trap and waste, new cold drinking water supply on
rising main provided. Interior walls and ceiling repainted. Two dough
troughs and tops cleansed. Dough mixer cleansed and repainted. New
staircase in yard to flour loft. Flour loft, walls repaired and cleansed,
new corrugated asbestos roof, sheet asbestos ceiling, and window to street
provided. Floor repaired and cleansed. W.C. in yard cleansed. Barrow
store at rear, walls and back of oven amended and cleansed. Concrete
floor and asbestos ceiling provided.
325, Walworth Road.—Five window sashes amended, cleansed and
painted and made to open. Wall at sink white tiled. A new sink and
trap and waste pipe in men's dressing room. Walls and ceiling cleansed.
W.C. in yard (men's), new pan trap and seat. Walls and ceiling cleansed.
Other works on order.
101, Gt. Dover Street.—Shop redecorated. Other works on order.
214, Manor Place.—New dough mixer and oven installed.
168, Borough High Street.—Oven front rebuilt.
388. Walworth Road.—Bakehouse ventilation improved by new
window over oven, a vent pipe into external air, new door to yard, with
glazed hinged sash to open. Stair treads renewed. Coal cupboard
enclosed. Four portable benches on iron supports, and portable shelves.
Tiled flooring retiled and extended. New roof over steps to yard.
Premises throughout thoroughly scraped and cleansed, and accumulation
of rubbish removed. Other works on hand.
Particulars of Bakehouses at the end of the year 1936:—
Position.
In use.
Not in use.
Totals.
Remarks.
Above ground
33
23
56
6 Bakehouses
have been
discontinued.
Under ground
23
11
34
Totals
56
34
90
*
See below
*11 and 47, Stamford Street
1 and 33, Tarn Street
These Bakehouses have been discontinued
or demolished.
1, Harper Street
195, Waterloo Road
Total number of Bakehouses at
end of 1936:90.