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There are 88 Underground Bakehouses situated in the
Borough, and these have been specially inspected* by the Medical
Officer of Health and the Inspectors, with a view to structural
(and other) alterations and improvements being carried out so as
to render them "suitable" in construction, light, ventilation, and
in all other respects— as required under Sec. 101 of the Factory
and Workshop Act, 1901. By this Section, no underground Bakehouse
in Lambeth(or elsewhere)can be used as such after January
1st, 1904, unless certified by the Borough Council as suitable,
bearing in mind the points mentioned above. In the case of
Lambeth, it was found that not one Bakehouse could be certified
in the condition in which it was found to be at the date of inspection.
A register is being compiled, shewing the conditions of
the different Underground Bakehouses before alterations (necessary
to comply with the Act) are carried out. and dealing with
the following points:—

Sanitary Arrangements.—Are drains Intercepter?
ated? When relaid? Are gullies in bakehouse? Positions—Course
of drain (if known) Number and position
of sinks ? Undertrapped ? What sanitary conveniences
* A Sub-Committee of the Public Health Committee visited specimens of
the different Lambeth Underground Bakehouses, and reported to the
Council on November 27th, 1902.