Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops
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ANALYSES OF AIR BY HALDANE'S APPARATUS. UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSES.
Index Number. | Nature of Premises. | Description of Room. | Number of Occupants and Space. | Gas, Oil, or Electric Light, in use at time of test. | Date, Time, and Position of Test. | Volume of C02 per 10,000. | Means of Ventilation in in actual use at time of test. | Remarks. | |||||
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Position, Process, &c | Cubic Capacity, in feet. | Height. | Number present. | Space per person. | Date and Time. | Where Sampled. | Inside Room. | Outside Air. | |||||
9 | Bakehouse | Underground. Baking in progress | 1328 | 7 ft. | 2 | 664 | – | 10.15 a.m., May 28th, 1904 | Middle of room | 10 | Estimate 3.5 | Windows all shut, door open leading to passage with open window | Occupied all night by two men. |
10 | Bakehouse | Underground. Baking in progress | 1237 | 8 ft. | 3 | 412 | 2 small gas jets | 10.30 a.m, May 28th, 1904 | Middle of room | 8 | 3.5 | Large light (window) door to yard wide open, also grating in rear | |
11 | Bakehouse | Underground. Baking in progress | 1943 | 7 ft. 6 ins. | 1 | 1943 | 2 gas jets | 11 a.m, May 28th, 1904 | Middle of room | 6 | 3.5 | Stall-board windows, 2 others wide open | Two men working all night. |
12 | Bakehouse | Underground. Baking in progress | 1744 | 7 ft. 9 ins. | 2 | 872 | 1 gas jet | 11.15 a.m., May 28th, 1904 | Middle of room | 8 | 3.5 | 2 windows back and front wide open | V |
13 | Bakehouse | Underground. Baking in progress | 2040 | 8 ft. 6 ins. | 5 | 408 | 3 gas jets | 11.3o a.m., May 28th, 1904 | Front of room under window | 11 | 3.5 | 4 small windows, hoist to shop open | No through ventilation. |
14 | Bakehouse | Underground. Oven charged | 2100 | 7 ft. 6 ins. | 3 | 700 | 1 gas jet | 11.45 a.m., May 28th, 19o4 | Middle of room | 6 | 3.5 | Large skylight, 3 small windows open | |
15 | Bakehouse | Underground. Baking in progress | 1522 | 7 ft. | 1 | 1522 | 1 gas jet | 2.30 p.m., May 30th, 1904 | Front of room, near oven | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2 windows front, 1 in rear open | Through draught. 2 men present most of the morning. |
KITCHENS WHERE FOODIS is PREPARED FOR SALE. | |||||||||||||
16 | Restaurant | Underground kitchen. No cooking in progress | – | – | 1 | – | 1 gas jet | 3 p.m., May 30th | Back of kitchen under hoist | 7 | Estimate, 3.5 | 2 large windows, front, hoist at rear open | |
18 | Sweetmeat Workshop | Basement. Cooking in progress | 2821 | 7 ft. | 2 | 1410 | 1 gas jet | 3.30 p.m., May 30th | Body of room | 5.5 | 3.5 • | Large open grating in rear, double row of gratings (pavement light) front, flue and hood over copper for sweetstuffs | Good through ventilation. |