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Hammersmith 1903

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1903

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There is no coal cellar in direct communication with
the bakehouse;
The water supply is drawn direct from the rising
main;
There is a water-closet in a short passage leading to
the coal cellar, the pan of which is very dirty and offensive,
and there is no water supply, the water waste preventer
being defective.
IV.—No. 106, Goldhawk Road.
In the occupation of Mr. John Arthur Wills. The
bakehouse has a height of 10 feet 1 inch, a length of 14
feet 9 inches, and a width of 13 feet 6 inches. It comprises
a capacity of about 2,007 cubic feet;
The walls are of brickwork, lime-whited. There is no
evidence of dampness;
The ceiling is made of matchboarding, lime-whited;
The floor is made of concrete;
There is no gully in the bakehouse, and it is not subject
to flooding;
Access to the bakehouse is by a door at rear leading
from the yard, also from the flour room from a staircase
leading from a passage at rear of shop, also from the flour
room from a loft ladder which leads from the shop;
There is an area made of brickwork at the back of
the bakehouse;
There are two windows over the oven, and a fanlight
over the door leading to the area, also a skylight in the
roof.
The bakehouse is ventilated by the windows over the
oven, and by fanlight over the door, and by door leading
to the area, also by the skylight in the roof, and by the
door leading to the flour room.
There are two dough troughs; one is on castors and
one is not, but it is raised 7 inches from the floor, so as to
be readily accessible for cleaning under;
There are two flour rooms, one at the rear and one in
the front;
There is no properly-covered receptacle for the refuse;
There was a dog in the bakehouse;
There is no coal cellar in direct communication with
the bakehouse;
The water supply is drawn direct from the rising main.