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The outline given above shows the lines on which the specifications
for the alterations to Bakehouses were usually drawn up.
Although the section of the Factory and Workshops Act
certifies than an underground Bakehouse shall not be occupied
after the 1st January, 1904, unless the occupier obtains a certificate
from the Local Authority, nevertheless, at the date mentioned,
only one certificate had been granted by the Council, the majority
of the bakers had postponed, from one reason or another, attending
to their Bakehouses until the very last moment, and even later
than that. At the time of writing this Report, certain bakers are
occupying and using underground Bakehouses which have not
been granted and cannot obtain certificates, but because the
proprietors are actively engaged in providing other premises, most
frequently having new premises built above ground, the Public
Health Committee have thought it wise to refrain from further
increasing the difficulties of these residents by authorizing proceedings
to be taken against them for occupying these premises
after the date fixed by the Act, and, accordingly, I think it would
be better to defer giving particulars as to the Bakehouses closed,
certificated, and otherwise, until the whole of them have been
dealt with in one way or another.
Factories and Workshops. Four hundred and ninety-one
visits of inspection have been paid to these premises within the
Borough. There were 186 premises on the register at the
beginning of the year, 77 having been added during the year, and
46 have been taken off, leaving a total of 217 now on the
register, of which total 207 premises have been measured up.
The total number includes 31 laundries, 9 fuel and firewood
works, 9 milliners, 1 cabinet-maker, 5 cycle works, 48