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The subject of the improvement and regulation of Bakehouses
has formed a topic of consideration and discussion by most of the
Metropolitan Vestries, the result being that in October last a
Conference was convened by the Vestry of St. George-theMartyr,
Southwark, which was attended by Delegates from 25
Sanitary Authorities, and after a very full debate the following
resolutions were declared carried:—
1. That the present state of the Law relating to Bakehouses
requires amendment, by the addition of the following clauses to the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891
(а) 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.
(b) That the portions of the Bye-laws regulating the structure
of Bakehouses do not apply to existing Bakeries.
(c) That the London County Council be empowered to frame
Bye-laws for the construction of underground Bakehouses,
and that all Bakehouses erected after the passing of such
Bye-laws shall conform thereto.
Disinfection of Infected Articles.
I have on several occasions called the attention of your Public
Health Committee to the view generally entertained that disinfection
by dry heat, as performed by the apparatus belonging to your
Vestry, is much less satisfactory than disinfection by steam, and I
have lately received a circular prepared by the Medical Officer of
the London County Council upon the subject of disinfection, in
which a like opinion is strongly expressed. The circular further
points out that out of thirty Authorities who possess disinfecting
apparatus of their own only eight rely upon the old system of
disinfection by dry heat, and in nine other districts not possessing
apparatus of their own, but depending upon the services of a
Contractor, disinfection is affected by steam in eight, and dry
heat only in one case. The matter is under the consideration of
your Public Health Committee, and I trust your Vestry will be
convinced of the desirability of replacing your present inefficient
oven with one of the more effectual apparatus now in more
general use.
The destructor used for consuming old, dirty and infected
articles answers its purpose admirably, 27 of such have been destroyed
during the year, being in too bad a condition to be returned
to the owners, who were provided with new ones in lieu thereof.