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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. —Section 101.
Requirements in respect of the underground Bakehouse
at occupied by
(1) The bakehouse shall be not less than Bft. in height
throughout, measured from the floor vertically to the
ceiling.
(2) The bakehouse shall have a cubic capacity clear
of the oven of not less than 1,500 feet.
(3) The floor shall consist of a hard, smooth, and
durable surface on a bed of concrete not less than 6ins.
thick.
(4) The walls shall be constructed of a material
which is hard, smooth, durable and impervious to damp.
(5) The ceiling shall be smooth and durable, and
impermeable to damp and dust.
(6) Any drain or sewer under the bakehouse shall be
constructed of gas and water-tight pipes. No drain
opening, trapped or otherwise, shall be within the bakehouse.
The bakehouse must be effectually secured
against flooding from drains or sewers, and from the
entrance of wet or damp from any source.
(7) The bakehouse shall be approached by a suitable
staircase, adequately ventilated and lighted.
No outside staircase shall terminate within the bakehouse,
and such staircase must be so constructed as to
prevent the entrance of dust into the bakehouse.
Any entrance from the shop must be so constructed
as to prevent the entrance of dust.
(8) The bakehouse shall be adequately lighted with
daylight throughout to the satisfaction of the Sanitary
Authority, by means which shall exclude the entrance of
dust, and the lighting maintained shall be such that the
official copy of the abstract of the Factory Act may be
ordinarily read in all parts of such bakehouse between
the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.