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Finsbury 1904

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.
Position, Process, &cCubic Capacity, in feet.Height.Number present.Space per person.Date and Time.Where Sampled.Inside Room.Outside Air.
9BakehouseUnderground. Baking in progress13287 ft.2664–10.15 a.m., May 28th, 1904Middle of room10Estimate 3.5Windows all shut, door open leading to passage with open windowOccupied all night by two men.
10BakehouseUnderground. Baking in progress12378 ft.34122 small gas jets10.30 a.m, May 28th, 1904Middle of room83.5Large light (window) door to yard wide open, also grating in rear
11BakehouseUnderground. Baking in progress19437 ft. 6 ins.119432 gas jets11 a.m, May 28th, 1904Middle of room63.5Stall-board windows, 2 others wide openTwo men working all night.
12BakehouseUnderground. Baking in progress17447 ft. 9 ins.28721 gas jet11.15 a.m., May 28th, 1904Middle of room83.52 windows back and front wide openV
13BakehouseUnderground. Baking in progress20408 ft. 6 ins.54083 gas jets11.3o a.m., May 28th, 1904Front of room under window113.54 small windows, hoist to shop openNo through ventilation.
14BakehouseUnderground. Oven charged21007 ft. 6 ins.37001 gas jet11.45 a.m., May 28th, 19o4Middle of room63.5Large skylight, 3 small windows open
15BakehouseUnderground. Baking in progress15227 ft.115221 gas jet2.30 p.m., May 30th, 1904Front of room, near oven4.53.52 windows front, 1 in rear openThrough draught. 2 men present most of the morning.
KITCHENS WHERE FOODIS is PREPARED FOR SALE.
16RestaurantUnderground kitchen. No cooking in progress––1–1 gas jet3 p.m., May 30thBack of kitchen under hoist7Estimate, 3.52 large windows, front, hoist at rear open
18Sweetmeat WorkshopBasement. Cooking in progress28217 ft.214101 gas jet3.30 p.m., May 30thBody of room5.53.5 •Large open grating in rear, double row of gratings (pavement light) front, flue and hood over copper for sweetstuffsGood through ventilation.