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staircase, are provided. It will therefore be practically impossible
for all egress from the house to be blocked in the event
of fire. Each cubicle is 4 feet 10½ inches wide and 7 feet 4½
inches long (internal dimensions), and is provided with a window
so that ample means of through ventilation are secured. Two
cubicles on each floor will be occupied by the resident male
staff. The dormitory corridors are 4 feet 6 inches wide, and
four water-closets and two sinks for night use are provided on
each of the five dormitory floors. The lodgers' promenade is
provided over the reading room and part of the dining room,
and is approached by means of the south-west staircase.
This is the first lodging house on these lines that the
London County Council has attempted. The architect's
estimate of the cost of the building is £51,500, and a further
sum of about £4,000 will be required for furniture.
The Council resolved that the charge for accommodation in
the house should be 6d. per bed per night."
UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSES.
Bakehouses first came under the control of the State in 1863,
when the Bakehouse Regulation Act came into force. The
three chief points in this Act were
1. Employment of persons under 18 years of age.
2. Cleanliness of buildings.
3. Position of sleeping apartments.
In 1878 this Act was repealed by the Factory and Workshop
Act. All control of bakehouses was then given to the Inspector
of Factories, instead of Local Sanitary Authorities as formerly.
The Factory and Workshop Act of 1883, gave back the control
of Bakehouses to the Sanitary Authorities, and gave to the
Medical Officer of Health the powers of an Inspector of
Factories.
In 1889 "The Lancet" held a special Sanitary Commission,
who decided that it was impossible to build a really wholesome
bakehouse underground, and in 1895 the Factory and Work-