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Factory and Workshops Act of 1878. The
law requires:—
1. The walls and ceilings of the bakehouse
must be painted in oil or varnished every
seven years, and washed with hot water
and soap every six months, or be
lime-whited every six months.
2. No sleeping place to be allowed on a level
with a bakehouse.
3. No water-closet may be within or
municate directly with a bakehouse.
4. No drain shall have any opening within
a bakehouse.
5. After the 1st January, 1896, no bakehouse
shall be established anew below the
level of the ground.
There are 43 bakehouses in the City of
London, viz.:—18 in the East Sanitary District,
12 in the Middle, and 13 in the West District,
located as shown in the following table:—