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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XII.—No. 125, Uxbridge Road.
In the occupation of Mr. Richard Oliver. The bakehouse
has a height of 8 feet 6 inches, a length of 22 feet 4
inches, and a width of 21 feet 2 inches;
It comprises a capacity of about 4,018 cubic feet-;
The walls are made of brickwork, and are limewhited.
There is no evidence of dampness;
The ceiling is made of lath and plaster, and is limewhited;
The floor is made of concrete;
There is a gully on the floor of the bakehouse, and
there are two rain-water pipes discharging over it;
Access to the bakehouse is by a staircase through the
flour room;
There are two areas, made of brickwork, and limewhited
;
There are three windows, one of which is over the
oven;
The bakehouse is ventilated by means of the three
windows, and by the door leading into the flour room;
There are two dough troughs, one on castors, the other
is not, but it is raised 7 inches from the floor, so as to be
readily accessible for cleaning under. There is a table in
the centre of the bakehouse, which is boarded up;
There is a flour room;
There is no properly-covered receptacle for the refuse;
There was no animal found in the bakehouse;
There is a coal cellar in direct communication with the
bakehouse, with no door at the lower half of the opening
into it;
The water supply is direct from the rising main.
XIII.—No. 32, Norland Road.
In the occupation of Mr. Peter Frank. The bakehouse
has a height of 7 feet 6 inches, a length of 17 feet,
and a width of 16 feet 2 inches;
It comprises a capacity of about 2,061 cubic feet;
The walls are made of brickwork, and are limewhited.
There is no evidence of dampness;
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