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 is no flour room, but there is a kitchen at the
back which could be used as a flour room if necessray;
There is no properly-covered receptacle 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.
XXIX.—No. 84, Shepherd's Bush Road.
In the occupation of Mr. Edward McNicol. The bakehouse
has a height of 9 feet 3 inches, a length of 25 feet 6
inches, and a width of 18 feet 6 inches. It comprises a
capacity of about 4,336 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, and the bakehouse is not subject to
flooding;
Access is by means of a staircase leading from the
shop;
There is an area to the bakehouse. It is built of
brickwork, and is partly enclosed;
There are two windows;
It is ventilated by means of an opening under a stall
board facing the street, and a window that opens into the
area at the side of bakehouse;
There are two dough troughs on wheels;
There is a store room which is used as a flour room
at the rear of the bakehouse;
There is a properly-covered receptacle for the refuse,
but it is not used. The refuse is shot on the floor by the
side of the furnace;
There was a cat in the bakehouse;
There is no coal cellar in direct communicatiqp with
the bakehouse, but there was an accumulation of coal in
the bakehouse shot near to the oven;
The water supply is from a cistern which is in the area.