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A difficulty connected with the granting of certificates for underground
bakehouses is, that once a certificate is granted, there is an
official sanction given to a class of work places, which from their
vary construction is unsuitable for the trade carried on in them.
Again, while the bakehouse remains in the condition in which it is
when the certificate is granted, it cannot be withdrawn.
But, taking the whole circumstances into consideration, it is evident
that the Legislature intended that the Local Authority should have a
discretionary power, in regard to the closure of underground bakehouses.
The following are the sections of the Factory and Workshops Act,
1901, relating to bakehouses :—
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
(a)—Bakehouses in General.
Section 97.—(1) It shall not be lawful to let or suffer to be occupied
or to occupy any room or place as abakehouse, unless
the following regulations are complied with :—
(a) A watercloset, earthcloset, privy or ashpit must
not be within or communicate directly with the bakehouse ;
(b) Every cistern for supplying water to the bakehouse
must be separate and distinct from any cistern for
supplying water to a watercloset;
(c) A drain or pipe for carrying off faecal or sewage
matter must not have an opening within the bakehouse.
(2) If any person lets or suffers to be occupied or occupies
any room or place as a bakehouse in contravention of this
section he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding forty shillings,
and to a further fine not exceeding five shillings for every day
during which any room or place is so occupied after a conviction
under this section.