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conditions existing in the Bakehouses in Finsbury. It is only
necessary here to make reference to Chapter III., dealing with the
practical administration of the Act.
The requirements of the Act in respect of underground Bakehouses,
as insisted upon in Finsbury, may be stated as follows :
First, there are statutory obligations of a hard and fast character
(Sections 97-100), and secondly, there are statutory obligations
which are to be interpreted by each Local Authority acting in
its discretion. Under the first series are the following ;
(a) General fitness on sanitary grounds.
(b ) No sanitary convenience to communicate directly with the
Bakehouse.
(c) Water supply cisterns to be separate from water cisterns
of sanitary convenience.
(d) No drain or sewer pipe to have an opening in the
house.
(e) Smooth impervious walls to be duly whitewashed or
painted.
(f) Bakehouse not to be used as sleeping places, etc.
These six requirements apply to all Bakehouses without option,
and therefore they have been strictly enforced in the underground
Bakehouses.
Under the second series it has been necessary to take all the
facts and circumstances into consideration. The Public Health
Committee appointed a Bakehouse Sub-Committee* to go fully
into the whole subject. This Sub-Committee visited all the
underground Bakehouses, and after deciding upon a general
course of action, judged each case on its merits. The general
principles kept in view were those set out in the Bakehouse Report,
* This Sub-Committee consisted of Alderman Howes, Councillor Dr. Evan
Jones, Councillor Walter Smith and Councillor the Rev. J. E. Wakerley. In
November, 1903, owing to the resignation of the last named, Councillor Gillett
was appointed to till the vacancy.