Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894
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“within certain periods, and Sections
“34 and 35 relate to the bakehouses,
“and by Section 17 of the Act of 1883,
“all the provisions relating to retail
“bakehouses, affected by Sections 3, 33,
“34 and 35 of the Act 1878, which relate
“to cleanliness, ventilation, overcrowding
“and other sanitary conditions, shall be
“enforced by the Local Authority of
“the district (who in the City are defined
“by the Act to be the Commissioners),
“in which the retail bakehouse is situate,
“and not by a Factory Inspector, and
“for the purposes of that Section the
“Medical Officer of Health of the Local
“Authority shall have and exercise all
“such powers of entry, taking legal proceedings,
and otherwise as a Factory
“Inspector.
“By Section 4 of the Act of 1891 the
“cleanliness and limewashing of every
“workshop and workplace is dealt with,
“and the Sanitary Authority is required
“to give notice to the owner or occupier