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adjudicate on the condition of the bakehouse then existing, and
as he did not consider it to be suitable, he dismissed the case,
allowing the Council seven guineas costs.
The effect of the Act of 190 1 on the underground
bakehouses in Battersea has been, first, to close 16, or 32
per cent., of the total, and, secondly, to greatly Improve, in
some cases beyond recognition, the remaining 33. It
now remains to ensure that the certified bakehouses are
maintained in the condition in which they were when certified.
For this reason the certificate has been carefully drafted by
the Solicitor, and each occupier, upon receiving the certificate,
has signed his assent to a written description of the
bakehouse at the time it was certified. There is, however,
much need for bye-laws for the due ordering of all bakehouses
above, as well as below, ground. In London such bye-laws
should be made by the County Council, but administered by
the Borough Councils.
The following is the form of certificate granted in respect
of the bakehouses altered in accordance with the Council's
requirements.
BATTERSEA BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
Certificate for Underground Bakehouse.
THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COUNCILLORS
of the METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF BATTERSEA,
in pursuance of the provisions of the above-mentioned Act,
do hereby certify that the underground bakehouse, situate and
being in the said Borough, is at this date suitable
to be used as a bakehouse.
Dated this day of
190.
Town Hall,
Lavender Hill, S.W.
Town Clerk.
Caution.—Any alteration of the above bakehouse after
the date of this certificate as regards construction, light,
ventilation, or in any other respect, may invalidate this
certificate.