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Section 34 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, makes provision as to the
inside walls being painted, varnished, or lime-washed, the painting and varnish to be
cleansed every six months, and renewed every seven years; the lime-washing to be
done twice a year; and section 35 prohibits the use of a bake-house as a sleeping
apartment, and also of any apartment on the same level as the bake-house, unless it
is completely shut off from the same.
Section 15 of the Factory and Workshop Act Amendment Act, 1883, makes it
unlawful to let or suffer to be occupied as a bake-house, or to occupy as a bake-house
any room or place which was not so let or occupied before the 1st day of June, 1883,
unless the following regulations are complied with.
(a) No water closet, earth closet, privy or ash-pit shall be within or
cate directly with the bake-house.
(b) Any cistern for supplying water to the bake-house shall be separate and
distinct from any cistern for supplying water to a water closet.
(c) No drain or pipe for carrying off fœcal or sewage matter shall have an
opening within the bake-house.
Section 2: Public Health (Lond.) Act, 1891, makes provision for dealing with
nuisances arising from over-crowding, deficient light and ventilation, noxious effluvia
arising from drains, &c., and want of cleanliness.
As the result of the inspection made during the past year, 93 bake-houses were
found to be in use in this parish; this number includes two factory bakeries where
steam power is employed:
In the great majority, bread only is made; there are about half a dozen where
confectionery is prepared.
Since they were last inspected, the use of several has been discontinued, and it
has been necessary to revise the list this year.
At the time of inspection 50 were found to be in a satisfactory state, 24 were
fairly satisfactory and 19 were unsatisfactory.
The majority of those classed as unsatisfactory have since been dealt with; there
are, however, a few still remaining, which are receiving the attention of the
sanitary officials. Those dealt with were, most of them, distinctly bad, and extensive
works were required to put them in a sanitary condition. In 4 cases the conditions
were such as to render them unfit places to make bread in, and they have been
closed. Two of these have since been re-opened, having been dealt with to the satisfaction
of the sanitary authority.
The total number of bake-houses where works were carried out under the supervision
of the Vestry's Sanitary Inspectors during the year is 26. The following
are some of the sanitary evils which required to be dealt with:—
Defective conditions of the drains and water-closets. There were one or two
instances in which the water-closets opened directly into the bake-house without