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I was appointed one of the delegates in conjunction with Messrs.
Christie and Stephens, from the Poplar Board, to attend a Conference
of the Vestries and Districts Boards, as to amendment of law
regulating bakehouses, when the following resolutions were
carried:—
(1) 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 bye-laws shall devolve upon the various Local
Sanitary Authorities.
(2) That the portions of the bye-laws regulating the structure of
bakehouses do not apply to existing bakeries.
(3) That the London County Council be empowered to frame
bye-laws for the construction of underground bakehouses,
that all bakehouses erected after the passing of such byelaws
shall conform thereto.
The last resolution was an amended suggested resolution moved
by the Delegates of the Vestry of St. Marylebone. The feeling in
that parish was, that on account of the closely-built condition of the
Metropolis it would be impossible to do away with bakehouses built
below the level of the street; hence the necessity for special byelaws
for such premises.
To bring the bakehouse question up to date, it is just as well to
mention that at a meeting of the County Council, January 29th, 1895,
the Housing Committee stated that the deputation received by the
President of the Local Government Board were informed that the
Home Secretary was about to introduce a new Factory Bill, but that
it was impossible that any clause could be inserted dealing with
London bakehouses only. The President suggested that the Council
should itself introduce a Bill.