Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of 1902
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iv. All other respects:—
(a) Proper means of access to the Bakehouse must he
provided.
(b) Flour, Storage, etc. Provision is to he made for the
proper storage of Hour, potatoes, salt, and all other constituents
or ingredients used in the Bakehouse, elsewhere than in the
Underground Bakehouse itself. Such store places must he as
strictly and properly kept as a Bakehouse.
(c) Troughs. All Dough Troughs and Benches must be
provided with casters or wheels so as to he readily removed for
cleaning purposes. Such troughs, benches and utensils of every
kind are to he kept at all times scrupulously clean.
(d) Refuse. No refuse of any kind is to he stored within the
Underground Bakehouse itself, and all sweepings, ashes and
refuse matters of every kind are to be removed immediately from
such Underground Bakehouse, and placed in a proper and
sufficient covered receptacle outside the Bakehouse.
(e) No animals are to be kept in the Bakehouse on any
pretext whatever.
(f) The furnace in connection with the oven is to be provided
with an efficient outlet or flue to carry off any fumes generated
in the process of baking. An outlet for heat or steam is to be
provided immediately in front of the oven door. The outer doors
of the furnaces and the oven door are to be close fitting.
Where gas is used in the process of baking, efficient means of
ventilation must be provided for carrying off any fumes generated.
(g) No overcrowding of workers is to be allowed at any time
within the Bakehouse.
(h) The Bakehouse is never to be used for any other purpose
except that for which it is intended. No laundry or other work
is to be carried on in the Bakehouse.
(i) The Bakehouse must be kept at all times periodically
cleansed, and in a cleanly state, and free from offensive effluvia