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 1898
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such precautions, as may be necessary for preserving the
purity of milk, and for protecting it against infection or
contamination.
MONCKTON.
Guildhall, E.C.,
17th July, 1885.
NOTE.—Sections 60 and 61 of the 41st and 42nd Victoria,
Ch. 74, provide that any person who does anything in
contravention of an Order in Council or of a Regulation of
a Local Authority is guilty of an offence against the Act,
and is liable to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds.
BAKEHOUSES.
The Public Health Department is the Local
Authority in respect to bakehouses which are
workshops under Sections 34, 35 and 81 of the
Factory and Workshop 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-washed every six months.
2. No sleeping place to be allowed on a level
with a bakehouse.
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