In `Too salty’, two Tamil labourers attribute their lack of hair to ingesting too much salt. Formerly, salt was important both for preserving food as well as a condiment. Sacks of salt were unloaded on jetty at the end of Jalan Green Hall then stored in its godowns.

The Tamil name for this area was Uppuvearan Teni or “Salt Traders’ Street”, a reference to the salt trading activities carried out here at this area.