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 are two very small windows;
It is ventilated by one small window, that can be
opened, and by a four-inch pipe ventilator to take air
from the bakehouse. It apparently pa-sea into a chimney;
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 a flour room behind the bakehouse;
There is no properly-covered receptacle for the refuse;
There is a coal cellar which opens direct into the bakehouse;
No animal was found in the bakehouse;
The water supply is drawn direct from the rising
main;
The floor was very dirty, and there was a large accumulation
of refuse.
XXVIII.—No. 94, Shepherd's Bush Road.
In the occupation of Mr. Henry Edw. Elkins. The
bakehouse has a height of 10 feet 2 inches, a length of 23
feet, and a width of 13 feet 9 inches;
It comprises a capacity of about 3,215 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 from shop,
vid a passage, and through the door of scullery;
There is no area to the bakehouse;
There are three windows, which open on to the street
pavement;
It is ventilated by the three windows, and by door at
the back of the bakehouse, and by an opening over the
oven, which leads to a passage;
The dough troughs are not on castors, but are raised
10 inches from the floor, so as to be readily accessible for
cleaning under;