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In consequence of so large a proportion of the Bakehouses
being found in an unsatisfactory condition, the Public Health
Committee adopted my suggestion that a set of Rules, based
upon the Factory and Workshops Act, 1878, be printed and
furnished to every baker in the Parish, and the following were
accordingly duly circulated. :—
PARISH OF ST. LUKE, MIDDLESEX.
Rules made by the Vestry for the Sanitary Regulation of Bakehouses,
in accordance with the several Statutes governing the same.
1. Every bakehouse shall be kept in a cleanly state, and free from
effluvia arising from any drain, watercloset, or other nuisance. The
floors shall be carefully swept at least once every twenty-four hours,
and the sweepings shall he immediately placed in an impermeable
covered receptacle, and removed from the bakehouse at not longer
intervals than seven days.
2. All the inside walls of the rooms of the bakehouse, and all the
ceilings or tops of such rooms, and all the passages and staircases
of the bakehouse, shall either be painted with oil, or varnished, or
limewashed. Where painted with oil or varnished there shall be
three coats of paint or varnish, and the paint or varnish shall be
renewed once at least in every seven years, and shall be washed with
hot water and soap once at least in every six months. Where
lime-washed the lime-washing shall be renewed once at least in
every six months. The cleansing shall be done in the months of
April and October.
3. The troughs and all the utensils used in the making of bread
and pastry shall be kept scrupulously clean.
4. A place underground shall not be used as a bakehouse, unless
so used prior to January 1st, 1896.
5. A place on the same level with the bakehouse, and forming
part of the same building, shall not be used as a sleeping place :
(a) Unless it is effectually separated from the bakehouse by a
partition extending from floor to ceiling.
(b) Unless there be an external glazed window of at least nine
superficial feet of area, of which at least four-and-a-half
superficial feet are made to open for ventilation.
6. No watercloset or ashpit shall be within or communicate
directly with the bakehouse.
7. Any cistern for supplying water to the bakehouse shall be
separate and distinct from any cistern for supplying water to a
watercloset.