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BAKEHOUSES.
There are 76 Bakehouses in Fulham which have been
regularly inspected during the year and have been found in
a fairly satisfactory condition. As I pointed out last year, it
is to be regretted that underground Bakehouses are still being
erected in new districts, and legislation is needed to provide
that no newly erected Bakehouse should be permitted to be
underground. At a Conference held at the Vestry Hall of the
Parish of St. George, Southwark, at the Meeting in October
last, to consider the amendment of the law regulating Bake-
houses,the following resolutions were approved:—
That the present state of the Law relating to Bakehouses
requires amendment by the addition of the following clauses
to the Public Health (London) Act, 1891:—
(a) That uniform Metropolitan Bye-laws regulating
Bakehouses be made by the London County
Council, and be confirmed by the Local Government
Board, and that the duty of enforcing these Byelaws
shall devolve upon the various Local Sanitary
Authorities.
(b) That the portions of the Bye-laws regulating the
structure of Bakehouses do not apply to existing
Bakeries.
(c) That the London County Council be empowered to
frame Bye-laws for the construction of underground
Bakehouses, and that all Bakehouses erected after
the passing of such Bye-laws shall conform thereto.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
The licenses of the undermentioned slaughter-houses were
renewed in October last by the County Council, no objection
to the renewal being raised by the Vestry. They are but