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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Access to the bakehouse is by means of a loft ladder
from the shop, and by a staircase to a passage at the rear
of the shop;
There is no area to the bakehouse;
There is only one window, which is closed by woodwork
so as to exclude daylight;
It is ventilated by the window if opened, also by a
grating in the coal cellar, and by door to passage, and by
trap door leading to the shop;
The dough troughs are not on castors, they are raised
5 inches from the floor, but are not readily accessible for
cleaning under;
There is no flour room, the flour is stored in the bakehouse
;
There is no properly-covered receptacle for the refuse;
There was a cat in the bakehouse;
There is an open coal cellar in the corner of the bakehouse
;
The water supply is drawn direct from the rising main.
XV.—No. 39, St. Ann's Road.
In the occupation of Mr. Edwin Tomlin. The bakehouse
has a height of 7 feet 9 inches, a length of 23 feet,
and a width of 15 feet 9 inches;
It comprises a capacity of about 2,807 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 no gully in the bakehouse, and it is not subject
to flooding;
Access to the bakehouse is by a staircase leading from
a passage at the rear of the shop;
There is no area to the bakehouse;
There are two windows, one of which is over the oven
and opens at the level of the street pavement, the other
into a yard at the rear of the bakehouse over a second
oven;
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