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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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The dough troughs are not on castors, but are raised
9 inches from the floor, so as to be readily accessible for
cleaning under;
There is a room that could be used as a flour room;
There is no properly-covered receptacle for the refuse;
No animal was found in the bakehouse, but a woman
was engaged there washing clothes;
There is a coal cellar in direct communication with the
bakehouse, and it is not provided with a door;
The water supply is drawn direct from the rising main.
XXXVIII.—No. 47, Milson Road.
In the occupation of Mr. Jos. Geo. Hall. The bakehouse
has a height of 8 feet, a length of 17 feet, and a
width of 16 feet;
It comprises a capacity of about 2,176 cubic feet;
The walls are coated partly with cement, and are
made partly of matchboards, and they are limewhited.
There is no evidence of dampness;
The ceiling is made partly of concrete (near the oven)
and partly of matchboards, 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 through the flour room from
a passage which leads to a staircase, and by a door which
leads from the flour room to an area in the basement;
There is no area adjacent to the bakehouse;
There is one window over the oven, which opens on to
the pavement of the street, and there is a pavement light;
It is ventliated by means of the window over the
oven, and by the door into the flour room;
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 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, and it is not provided with a door;
The water supply is drawn direct from the rising main.