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Metropolitan Borough of Islington.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.— Underground Bakehouses.
Instructions to Applicants for the Council's Certificate.
Every application for the Council's certificate must be accompanied by a plan
and section of tbe bakehouse drawn on tracing linen to a scale of not less 8 feet to
1 inch, showing the approaches to and each window, door, oven, drain, channel,
and gully in the bakehouse, and each room, passage, w.c., lavatory, urinal and
sink approached therefrom or in direct communication or used in connection
therewith. Such other information, plans and sections as may be required by the
Council to enable them to ascertain the character of the bakehouse and its
surroundings must be supplied.
The level of the footway of the adjoining street or of the ground adjoining or
nearest to the bakehouse must be shown on the section.
All alterations and additions proposed to be made must be shown in red on
the plan and section, and a detailed description thereof in writing must be supplied.
Application for a certificate must be made on this form and should be
forwarded, together with the plans and particulars above specified, to
Mr. J. P. Barber, Borough Engineer, Town Hall, Upper Street, N., not later than
1st October, 1902. No application will be considered until such plans have been
deposited.
Application Form.
To the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington.
, the undersigned, being the occupier ... of an underground
bakehouse at No and being desirous of using it as a
bakehouse, hereby request that you will issue a certificate to enable to use the
said bakehouse as such.
send you herewith plan ... and section ... showing the situation and
construction of the bakehouse and the alterations proposed to be made thereto,
together with a detailed description of such alterations.
Name in full
Address
Date 190
The great majority at once complied with the request made by the Town
Clerk.
The Medical Officer of Health, who was assisted by the Chief Inspector,
made an examination of each underground bakehouse and presented a report
thereon to the Committee. Briefly stated, these reports showed for each one—
(1) the address, (2) the occupier, (3) number of hands employed, (4) hours
during which it was in use, (5) number of ovens and their size, (6) depth below
legal limit of 3 feet, (7) height, length, breadth and cubic capacity, (8) method
of ventilation (if any), (9) method of lighting by windows and by artificial