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Hampstead 1902
Report for the year 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health
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43
Bakehouses.
Underground Bakehouses to which special provisions in the Factory
and Workshop Act of 1901 apply, are dealt with on page 44.
The following remarks however refer to all bakehouses, whether
above or under ground, inspected during the year.
At the end of 1902 there were 40 Bakehouses on the Register.
The subjoined Table shews the work done in connection with these premises.
| Number of inspections made | 81 |
| Instances where cleansing and limewashing has been carried out | |
| Undesirable articles removed from bakehouses | |
| Water closet apparatus renewed | |
| Water closets cleansed | |
| Improperly placed gully trap removed | |
| Gullies cleansed | |
| Sink waste pipes repaired and trapped | |
| Foul sinks cleansed | |
| Gutter repaired | |
| Water cistern cleansed | |
| Foul and defective dust-bin abolished | |
| Bust receptacles provided | 5 |
| Cover to dust receptacle provided | 1 |
| Manure receptacle provided | 1 |
From personal inspection, as well as from the reports of the
Inspectors, I am satisfied that much has still to be done to ensure that
the making of bread, confectionery, &c., and the processes incidental
(hereto, shall be carried on under proper hygienic conditions.
Such important matters as ventilation and lighting have been in
many instances neglected, while general cleanliness, whether of the bakehouse
itself or of its sanitary arrangements, appears to have in most
instances been considered one of little importance. Bakehouses, especially
those in connection with dwelling houses, have been employed for the
storage of all kinds of unnecessary stores, and in some instances they
were also used as the family washhouse.