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occupier. It was decided not to issue a general list to apply
to all the underground bakehouses, but to consider each case
on its merits, and issue a special list of requirements for
each. When the bakehouses came to be considered in detail,
however, it was found that the following list of requirements
would apply with modifications to most of them. This list,
more or less altered in certain respects to meet individual
cases, was accordingly issued to most of the occupiers as the
applications and plans came in and were considered by the
Health Committee.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. SECTION 101.
Requirements in respect of the Underground, Bakehouse at
occupied by
1. The bakehouse shall not be less than 8 feet in height
throughout, measured from the floor vertically to the ceiling.
2. The bakehouse shall have a cubic capacity clear of
the oven of not less than 1,500 feet.
3. The floor shall consist of a hard, smooth, and durable
surface on a bed of concrete not less than 6in. thick.
4. The walls shall be constructed of a material which is
hard, smooth, durable, and impervious to damp.
5. The ceiling shall be smooth and durable, and impermeable
to damp and dust.
6. Any drain or sewer under the bakehouse shall be
constructed of gas and water-tight pipes. No drain opening,
trapped or otherwise, shall be within the bakehouse. The
bakehouse must be effectually secured against flooding from
drains or sewers, and from the entrance of wet or damp from
any source.
7. The bakehouse shall be approached by a suitable
staircase, adequately ventilated and lighted.
No outside staircase shall terminate within the bakehouse,
and such staircase must be so constructed as to prevent the
entrance of dust into the bakehouse.
Any entrance from the shop must be so constructed as to
prevent the entrance of dust.