View report page

33
BAKE.HOUSES.
The bake.houses in the parish, ninety.two in number, were all inspected, and
an improvement in their condition was generally observable. As the result of inspection,
73 were found to be satisfactory, 16 fairly so, and 3 were unsatisfactory.
The special attention of your sanitary officers was necessary in 16 instances,
mainly through neglect of proper precautions as to cleanliness. In some of the
bake.houses where confectionery is prepared this was especially marked. Lime
washing of the walls of the bake.houses was required in 11 instances, and in
5 cautions as to animals found in the bake.houses were necessary. In one case it
was found that fowls were in the habit of frequenting the bake.house. Extensive
works in connection with the drainage were found to be necessary in 6 cases, and
were duly executed under the supervision of the Vestry's sanitary inspectors.
The law with respect to bake.houses has been amended by the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1895. Section 27 (2) of this Act repeals in section 15 of the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1883, the words " which was not so let or occupied
"before the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred eighty.three." The
provisions, therefore, of section 15 of the Act of 1883, relating to water.closets,
ash.pits, cisterns and drains in connection with bake.houses, apply to all bakehouses,
whether they were used as such before the passing of the Act or not.
The new Act by section 27 (3) provides also that a place underground shall not
be used as a bake.house, unless it is so used at the commencement of this Act, and
if any place is so used in contravention of this Act it shall be deemed to be a
workshop not kept in conformity with the principal Act. After the 1st of January,
1896, no new bake.house may legally be constructed underground.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
These, to the number of nineteen, were inspected, and with few exceptions were
found in a satisfactory condition. In three cases, cautions were necessary, owing to
neglect of proper precautions as to cleanliness. In three instances, warnings were
required as to the keeping of animals not intended for human food on the premises.
If dogs or cats are kept, they must be under proper control, and not permitted to
enter the slaughter house. The by.laws as to slaughter houses in the County of
London (Sec. 1) make it unlawful to "keep in a slaughter house, or in any pound,
pen, or lair, any animal not intended for slaughter for human food, or any dog or
other animal, the flesh of which is not intended for use as human food, or any fowl,
pig or other animal intended to be used for human food (except any animal about to
be slaughtered)." In two instances it was necessary to re.construct the drains, which
was done under the supervision of the Vestry's officers. The number of applications
for the license of the London County Council this year was nineteen. Eighteen were
granted; ten are licensed for killing sheep only. In one case the license was refused,
the proprietors having been recently fined £15 and costs for infringement of the
Council's bye.laws.