Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1903
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There is no gully in the bakehouse, and it is not subject
to flooding;
Access to the bakehouse is by a staircase leading to a
passage in the front of the bakehouse;
There is an area made of brickwork, and it is limewhited
;
There is one window;
It is ventilated by the window and by the door of the
bakehouse, which leads to a passage;
The dough troughs are not on castors, but are raised
8 inches from the floor, so as to be readily accessible for
cleaning under;
There is no flour room;
There is no covered receptacle for refuse;
No animal was found in the bakehouse;
There is no coal cellar in direct communication with
the bakehouse;
The water supply is drawn direct from the rising main.
X.—No. 216, Uxbridge Road.
In the occupation of Mr. Frederick Charles Stiles.
The bakehouse has a height of 7 feet 8 inches, a length of
18 feet, and a width of 14 feet 3 inches;
It comprises a capacity of about 1,966 cubic feet;
The walls are made of brickwork coated with cement
and limewhited. They were dirty. There was no evidence
of dampness;
The ceiling is of lath and plaster, and is limewhited,
but was dirty;
The floor is made partly of cement and partly of
boards;
There is no gully in the bakehouse, and it is not subject
to flooding;
Access to the bakehouse is by a ladder from the shop,
and by a staircase that leads from a passage to the shop ;
There is no area;
There is one window at the side of the bakehouse, and
a grating and storm-board in the front;
It is ventilated by the window and grating, and by
opening at top of ladder into shop, and by staircase that
leads from the passage;