Thirty-eighth annual report on the sanitary condition of the Strand District, London.

  • Strand (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
[1894]
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Credit: Thirty-eighth annual report on the sanitary condition of the Strand District, London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    154 ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF and a beginning has been made in the inspection of workshops, which will be accompanied, I believe, with important results. I have inspected each of the 28 remaining bake houses *in the District, and in 20 of them works of sanitary improvement have been carried out. In 7, the premises have been re-drained in whole or part. In 2 instances waterclosets have been removed from unsuitable positions. 4 bakehouses required cleansing; 5, repairs to floor and roof, and 2 improved ventilation. The use of 1 bakehouse has been discontinued since last year. 26 of the bakehouses are underground, and some are of very limited extent; but apart from these defects, the present general condition compares favourably with the bakehouses of other parts of London. They are inspected at frequent intervals by the Workshops Inspector. The only slaughter-house remaining in the District at the beginning of 1893 has now been done away with. The stables and mews, 62 in number, have been regularly inspected, more particularly in regard to the periodical removal of manure. The attention of occu piers of stables was drawn to the requirement of the * The Bakehouses here referred to comprise the following, viz.:— Bread Bakers 23 ; Pastry Cooks 2 ; Confectioners 2; Muffin Baker 1.
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