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 three windows over the oven; one of them
opens on to the street pavement;
It is ventilated by one window and by the trap-door
into the shop, and by staircase into the passage at the rear
of the shop, also by the door into the flour room;
The dough troughs are not on castors, but are raised
8 and 6 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 no coal cellar in direct communication with
the bakehouse;
The water supply is drawn direct from the. rising main.
XLII.—No. 213, Hammersmith Road.
In the occupation of Mr. Oscar Schornsheim. The
bakehouse has a height of 6 feet 10 inches, a length of 25
feet, and a width of 16 feet 10 inches;
It comprises a capacity of about 2,875 cubic feet;
The walls are made of brickwork, and are limewhited.
There is no evidence of dampness,
The celling is made of lath and plaster, and boards of
the floor of the shop, 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 means of a loft ladder
from the passage at rear of shop:
There is no area to the bakehouse;
There is one window over the oven, and two small
windows abutting on to the pavement;
It is ventilated by the window over the oven, and by
the two small windows opening on to the street pavement
through iron gratings, also by opening at top of loft ladder
into the passage;
The dough troughs are net on castors, but are raised
6 inches from the floor, so as to be readily accessible for
cleaning under;
There is no flour room; the flour is stored in the
bakehouse;