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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Ventilation:—
(i) The bakehouse shall be properly and effectually ventilated
to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Authority by permanent
inlets and outlets, other than the windows, communicating
directly with the open air, one of the outlets
to be over oven door, in such a way, and at such a height
above the street level as to prevent the entrance of street
dust and dirt. If necessray, artificial means of ventilation
must be provided.
All other respects:—
0) Dough-troughs, and all other furniture or fittings (if any),
shall be mounted on strong castors, or wheels, so as to
be readily moveable for cleaning purposes.
(k) Proper provision shall be made for the storage of flour
elsewhere than in the underground bakehouse itself,
unless the bakehouse is sufficiently large so as not to be
reduced below the minimum of 1,500 feet.
(I) Properly covered receptacles shall be provided for the
storage of all refuse matters, and such receptacles shall
be emptied and cleansed at least once in every 24 hours.
(m) No animal shall be kept in or allowed access to an underground
bakehouse.
(n) There shall not be in direct communication with the
bakehouse any sanitary convenience, coal or other cellar,
room, unpaved yard, or area, which may be a nuisance
or cause contamination by foul air, dust or dirt.
(o) The water supply for the bakehouse shall be drawn from
the rising main and not from a storage cistern.
(p) Plans, sections, and all other necessary drawings (to
scale), together with specifications, shall be submitted for
approval before any alterations of a structural character
are commenced.
(q) Where no structural alterations are necessary in order to
comply with the above requirements, but where alterations
other than structural are required, specifications of
the nature of the work proposed to be done, must be
submitted to the Borough Council.
(Compliance with the above requirements shall not necessarily
mean that the Sanitary Authority will grant a certificate,
as each underground bakehouse must be dealt with on its individual
merits.)