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No. 35. 148, Whitecross Street. [Bakehouse Report, 1902, p. 30.]
Certificate granted 9th September, 1903.
AIterations executed under Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, Sec. 101:—
Old bressemer taken out at back of Bakehouse and replaced with two
steel joists ; new floor and joists fixed 9 inches higher ; two lensed
pavement lights fixed at back, and new floor light in shop over
Bakehouse, also new pavement light over open area ; floor lowered
12 inches and concreted ; new stall-board light fixed with sashes ;
ventilating shaft fixed at back of premises ; Bakehouse ventilated at
the eastern end ; new step-ladder and hand-rail fixed to Bakehouse ;
new wheels to troughs; walls of Bakehouse and area rendered
smooth with Portland cement and sand; ceilings and walls whitened;
all woodwork painted ; minor alterations.
No. 36. 169. Whitecross Street. [Bakehouse Report, 1902, p. 31. ]
Certificate granted 9th September, 1903.
Alterations executed under Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, Sec. 101:—
New flooring over Bakehouse fixed with new joists 6 inches higher,
and ceiling match-lined; old bressemer taken out and replaced with
two steel joists ; skylights fixed over ovens with sashes ; Bakehouse
floor concreted ; troughs on wheels ; gully sealed in Bakehouse ;
ceilings and walls of Bakehouse and flour store whitened ; coal hole
separated from the flour store by a wall and door; more light to the
flour store ; minor alterations.
No. 37. 106. Whitecross Street. [Bakehouse Report, 1902, p. 31.]
Closed 1904.
No. 38. 61, Whitecross Street. [Bakehouse Report, 1902, p. 31.]
Certificate granted 3rd November, 1903.
Alterations executed under Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, Sec. 101: —
Stall-board glazed and hung ; new cement floor ; windows at back
enlarged and made to open ; new troughs on wheels ; new flour
store ; prismatic light in yard ; glass inserted in shop floor ; minor
alterations.
No. 39. 109, Finsbury Pavement. [Bakehouse Report, 1902, p. 31.]
Certificate granted 3rd November, 1903.
Alterations executed tinder Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, Sec. 101:—
Fixing new ventilators ; new skylight over dining-room ; concreting
Bakehouse floor and plastering walls, &c. ; fixing cover over gully
under sink; new gas connection to oven ; troughs on castors and two
new dough boards ; new sink; minor alterations.
No. 40. 29, Central Street. [Bakehouse Report, 1902, p. 32.]
Certificate granted 8th June, 1903.
Alterations executed under Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, Sec. 101:—
Ceiling match-boarded ; windows provided in stall boards with
necessary accessories ; double matchhne under window in shop ;
gas meter in Bakehouse removed ; window in Bakehouse repaired
and fitted with white tiles ; match boards taken down round walls
and replastered in cement; floor concreted and cemented; handrails
to staircase; walls plastered ; ceilings and walls whitened ; woodwork
painted ; troughs on wheels ; coal cellar opening boarded up ;
minor alterations.