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(b). Areas.
Lighting and ventilation become easier where areas are provided.
Existing box areas may have to be enlarged, or new ones
provided as may be necessary, whilst all such box areas ought to
be lined with white tiles or bricks, or fitted with reflectors or prismatic
lights, and other areas, which extend down to the level of
the Bakehouse floor, to be periodically lime-washed. All box
areas should be closed at the top by means of prismatic pavement
lights. At present, open gratings are provided, which
render such box areas simply catch-pits and receptacles for street
dust, dirt, and other filth, which sooner or later find their way
into the Bakehouses themselves. Such a condition of things
must be prohibited.
(c). Means of Access to Bakehouse.
Suitable and safe means of access to an Underground Bakehouse
(other than by ladders) must be provided in the form of
convenient, well-lighted stairs, with external entrance if practicable—entrances
by trap-door from the shop being in all cases prohibited.
(d). Exclusion of Foul Air, Dust and Dirt.
The importance of this condition cannot be over-estimated
from a point of view of health, and has been dealt with already
under various headings. In this connection, it may be added
that there should be no direct communication between the Bakehouse
and any coal or other cellar, room, unpaved yard, area,
etc., which may be a nuisance, or cause contamination by the
entrance of foul air, dust or dirt into the Bakehouse. Under
this heading, too, it is clear that Underground Bakehouses subject
to flooding from drains or sewers must, on no account, be
certified, until such tendency to flooding has been remedied.
J. Priestley, m.d.,
Medical Officer of Health.
October, 1902.