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of metal, and be double covers with double sealed joints. Any
gully for carrying off waste water must be discharged over, or
on to, a properly trapped inlet situated outside the Bakehouse.
N.B.—No certificate shall be granted for any underground
Bakehouse which is liable to be flooded with sewage owing to
the public sewer becoming surcharged.
5. Walls Ceiling's, Passages and Staircases of the Bakehouse
must either be painted with oil or varnished, or be limewashed or
be partly painted or varnished and partly limewashed.
(a) Where painted with oil or varnished there must be 3 coats
of paint or varnish which must be renewed once in every 7 years,
and must be washed with hot water and soap every six months
(Factory Act, 1901, Section 99).
(b) Where limewashed the limewashing must be renewed once
at least in every 6 months (Factory Act, 1901, Section 99).
The walls are to be smooth and impervious throughout, so that
the Bakehouse may be free from dampness.
6. Sleeping- Place.—No room or place on the same level of the
Bakehouse and forming part of the same building may be used as
a sleeping place unless effectually separated from the Bakehouse
by a partition extending from the floor to the ceiling, and having
an external glazed window of at least 9 superficial feet in area, of
which 4½ superficial feet are made to open for ventilation.
(Factory Act, 1901, Section 100), and if such sleeping place be
separately occupied the requirements as to underground rooms,
so occupied, laid down in Section 96 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, must be complied with.
7. Employment of Male Young Persons.— Male young persons
between 16 and 18 years of age may not be employed in a Bakehouse,
in which the process of baking bread is carried on, except
between the hours of 5 a.m. and 9 p.m., with seven hours for
absence and meals; provided that no such person is employed