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BAKEHOUSES.
Of these there were ninety-one in use at the end of
1905 including twenty-eight premises underground. All
have been kept under observation and with one exception
do not call for special remark.
The Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, section 6,
forbids the use of an underground bakehouse after
January 1st, 1904, without a certificate from the local
authority
The basement of 141, Bethnal Green Road has been
occupied as an underground bakehouse for some years,
and has been a constant source of trouble owing to the
uncleanliness of the occupier. This man makes fancy
bread of a kind much liked by Jews; he does not sell by
retail but supplies small shops and street stalls in the
neighbourhood; the premises are therefore technically
a "workshop" bakehouse and so far as the special
clauses of the Factory Acts apply are beyond the control
of the Borough Council.
In 1904 (when the underground bakehouse clauses of
the Factory Act of 1901 were about to come into
operation) notice of the requirements of the Council for
all underground bakehouses in the Borough was served
upon the occupier of 141, Bethnal Green Road.
An undertaking was given by the owner of the
premises that, for the future, the bakehouse should only
be used in connection with the retail shop on the street
level. On this undertaking certain works in connection
with the underground bakehouse were sanctioned for the
purpose of bringing the premises into conformity with
the regulations of the Council.