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Deptford 1902
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1902
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Bakehouses.
Bakehouses are either factories or workshops within the
meaning of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, according
as mechanical power is, or is not used in aid of the processes
carried on, and the same powers are exercised by the District
Council in regard to them as in regard to factories and work-
shops generally.
Sections 97, 98, and 99 of the Act provide for the proper
conditions, periodical cleansing, &c., of Bakehouses.
Section 101 deals with the question of Underground Bake-
houses, and provides "That an underground bakehouse shall
not be used as a bakehouse unless it was so used at the passing
of the Act."
Also "That after the 1st January, 1904, an underground bake-
house shall not be used as a bakehouse unless certified by the
District Council to be suitable for that purpose."
The whole of the bakehouses in the borough have been
periodically visited and the necessary works and cleansing
carried out from time to time.
There are 79 bakehouses in the borough, 43 of these are
underground and semi-underground ones.
On account of the constant supervision and inspection, the bakehouses of the borough are very well kept by the occupiers.
| Number in borough | 79 |
| „ on level | 45 |
| „ underground | 34 |
| „ of inspections and visits | 361 |
| „ limewashed | 39 |
| Cleansing (floors, tables, utensils, &c.) | 22 |
| Ceilings repaired | 1 |
| Floors repaired | 3 |
| Yard surface repaired | 1 |
| Sink waste pipe repaired | 1 |
| Water Closet cleansed | 1 |
| „ water supply provided | 2 |
| „ in improper position amended | 1 |