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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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Access to the bakehouse is by means of stone steps to
an area to a passage, and by a door leading from the stokehole
to a wooden staircase;
There is no area to the bakehouse;
There are 10 windows on the north and east sides;
It is ventilated by two doors opening into the passage
which leads to an area, by permanent openings at the top
of all the windows, by six wire gratings, by openings over
each oven, by door leading to the stokehole, and by a
ventilating fan which draws the air out of the bakehouse
into a shaft outside the building;
There is one dough trough on castors, there are also
two pastry tables on legs, so as to be readily accessible for
cleaning under;
There is a flour room on the fourth floor. The flour
is brought down in a lift;
There is a properly-covered reoeptacle for the 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.
XIX.—No. 54, Richmond Road.
In the occupation of Mr. John Alderton. The bakehouse
has a height of 9 feet 2 inches, a length of 20 feet
6 inches, and a width of 16 feet 10 inches;
It comprises a capacity of about 3,163 cubic feet;
The walls are coated with cement, 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 from the
shop, from the yard at the rear, and from a loft ladder
from the door in the street;
There is no area to the bakehouse;
There are two windows and a glass door at the back
of the bakehouse;