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As so many points have to be taken into consideration in connection with the suitable
fighting of a bakehouse, I think it is undesirable that any hard-and-fast rule should be agreed to.
For example, an underground bakehouse might be provided with an external area, the walls of
which might be covered with white glazed bricks.
In accordance with the London Building Acts, 1894, Section 70 (1) (c), "Every habitable
"room shall have one or more windows opening directly into the external air, or into a con"servatory
with a total superficies clear of the light equal to at least one-tenth of the floor area
"of the room." I think this standard might be generally adopted for underground bakehouses.
C.—Ventilation.
The bakehouse shall be properly and effectually ventilated by permanent inlets and
outlets communicating directly with the open air, in such a way and at such a height above its
street level as to prevent the entrance into the bakehouse of street dust or dirt. Where
natural ventilation is not effective or in the opinion of the Medical Officer insufficient, ventilation
by fans or other artificial means shall be provided.
D.—All other Respects.
Dough troughs and other furniture or fittings (if any) shall be mounted on strong castors,
or wheels, so as to be readily movable for cleansing purposes, or where fixed, shall be raised atleast
1 foot from the floor, and set sufficiently away from all walls so as to allow of access
to all parts.
There shall not be in direct communication with the bakehouse any coal or other cellar,
room, unpaved yard or area which may be a nuisance, or cause contamination by foul air,
dust or dirt.
Provision shall be made for the proper storage of flour elsewhere than in the
bakehouse itself.
Sufficient and suitable lavatory accommodation, including clean towels, soap and water,
shall be provided outside the bakehouse for the persons employed therein.
General Requirements for all Bakehouses.
A.—Structural.
1. Every room or place used as a bakehouse to be in such a state as to be on sanitary
grounds fit for use in occupation as a bakehouse.
2. No water-closet, earth closet, privy or ashpit to be within, or communicate directly
with the bakehouse.
3. Every cistern for supplying water to the bakehouse to be separate and distinct from
any cistern for supplying water to a water-closet.
4. No drain or pipe for carrying off fcœal or sewage matter to have an opening within
the bakehouse.
5. All the inside walls of the rooms of a bakehouse, and all the ceilings or tops of the
rooms (whether those walls, ceilings, or tops are plastered or not), and all the passages and
staircase of a bakehouse, to be either painted with oil or varnished, or be lime-whited, or be
partly painted or varnished and partly limewaslied; and