Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1902
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DETAILS OF INSPECTION OP UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSES.—
Address. | Construction. | Light. | Ventilation. | Other Respects. | Remarks. |
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134, Sand-ringham Road. | Height 7ft. 9in. Width 18ft. Oin. Length 12ft. 9in. Cubic space 1778ft. Walls—brick, whitewashed. Floor— concrete. Ceiling—Lath and plaster. One oven used. | Stall light 4ft. 0in. x 3ft. Two gas burners used. | Windows swinging inwards. One window opening into storeroom. | Access — By steps, from shop passage Store—room at back of bakehouse. Drain in-lets--none in bakehouse. Troughs — 2 fi x e d . Water supply — from main. W.C.'s—2, one in passage of basement and one on ground floor landing. | This bakehouse is wholly beneath level of street adjoining. Two men are employed in this bakehouse 54 hours per week. Lease—14 years unexpired. |
240, Dalston Lane. | Height 7ft. 2in. Length 16ft. 2in. Width 17ft. 2in. Cubic space 1989ft. Walls —brick, whitewashed. Floor—stone flags. Ceiling—lath and plaster. One oven. | Window 5ft. 8in. x 1ft. l0in. Two gas burners. | The window mentioned swings open. Grating l0in X l0in. Door opening into store. | Access—From shop by steps and by door from store, which is approached by steps from the yard. Storeroom at rear of bakehouse. Troughs — one fixed. Drain inlets—none in bakehouse, a gulley in store. Water supply— from the main. W.C.'s one on ground floor, and one n area at rear. | Three men employed 72 hours per week. Lease —46 years unexpired. This bakehouse is entirely below adjoining paving in front, the ceiling being just on a level with the paving, but at the rear the floor is 4ft. 8in. below paving of yard. There is no door between store and bakehouse. |