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crowding and sanitary condition of retail bakehouses is
given for the information of the Parishioners:—
1. A bakehouse to be in conformity with the Acts relating to
retail bakehouses, is subject to the following requirements:—
(a) It must be kept in a cleanly state, and free from effluvia
arising from any drain, privy, or other nuisance.
(b) It must not be so overcrowded while work is carried on
therein as to be injurious to the health of the persons
employed, and shall be ventilated in such a manner as to
render harmless, so far as practicable, all the gases, vapours,
dust, or other impurities generated in the course of the
manufacturing process that may be injurious to health.
(c) The ceilings or tops of the bakehouse and all passages and
staircases must either be painted with oil, or varnished, or
limewashed, or partly painted or varnished and partly
limewashed. If painted or varnished, the surface must be
covered with three coats of paint or varnish, and renewed
once at least in every seven years, and washed with hot
water and soap at least once in every six months. Limewashing
is to be renewed once at least in every six months.
2. No place on the same level with the bakehouse and
forming part of the same building may be used as a sleeping
place, unless it is effectually separated from the bakehouse by a
partition extending from the floor to the ceiling, and has an
external glazed window of at least nine superficial feet in area, of
which at least four-and-a-half feet are made to open for ventilation.
3. A bakehouse must not be in such a state as to be on
sanitary grounds unfit for use or occupation as a bakehouse.
4. No child, young person, or woman may be employed in a
bakehouse contrary to the provisions of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1878.
Penalties are provided in the event of an infringement
of the law; bakehouses brought into use after the 31st of
May, 1883, are subject to certain further requirements.
The bakehouses in the Parish (27 in number) are under
periodical inspection by the Sanitary Officers of the Vestry.