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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 are two dough troughs which are not on castors,
but are raised from, the floor, one 12 inches and the other
8 inches, so as to be readily accessible for cleaning under;
The flour is stored in the bakehouse;
There is no properly-covered receptacle for the refuse ;
Two cats were found in the bakehouse;
There is a coal cellar in direct communication with the
bakehouse, but it is provided with a door;
The water supply is drawn direct from the rising main.
XXV.—No. 11, Lamington Street.
In the occupation of Messrs. George Milsom & Ernest
Witt. The bakehouse has a height of 8 feet 10 inches, a
length of 16 feet 8 inches, and a width of 15 feet 11 inches;
It comprises a capacity of about 2,342 cubic feet;
The walls are partly of brickwork and partly of woodwork,
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 loft ladder from a
passage at the back of the shop;
There is no area to the bakehouse;
There are two skylights, one of which opens;
It is ventilated by one skylight, which opens, by the
door at the top of the loft ladder, and by door which opens
into the flour room ;
There are three dough troughs, they are not on castors,
but are raised, two of them 8 inches and one 14 inches
from the floor, so as to be readily accessible for cleaning
under;
There is a flour room at the rear of the bakehouse;
There is no properly-covered receptacle for the refuse;
No animal was found in the bakehouse;
There is a coal cellar in direct communication with the
bakehouse, which is not provided with a door;
The water is drawn direct from the rising main.