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BAKEHOUSES.
(Underground.)
Bakehouses have been the subject of special legislation for many years, and
since the 1st January, 1896, it has been unlawful to establish any new one
underground. The Factory and Workshop Act of 1901 introduced some
stringent measures with regard to these places, and it was therein enacted
that after the 1st January, 1904, no existing underground* bakehouse should
be used unless certified by the Sanitary Authority to be "suitable as regards
construction, light, ventilation, and in all other respects" (Sec. 101 (4)).
Early in the year the whole of the underground bakehouses had been dealt
with, i.e., were certified as suitable or had permanently ceased to be used as such.
The following is a list of the underground bakehouses in the City dealt
with under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901:—
188, Aldersgate Street.
81, Bishopsgate Street Without.
59 to 62, „ „
†4, Broadway.
95, Cannon Street.
8, Copthall Avenue.
15, Corn hill.
15, Duke Street.
85, Fore Street.
†67, Farringdon Street.
†88, „
†93, Fetter Lane.
†12, Gracechurch Street.
†21, Holbom.
8 to 14, King Street, Snow Hill.
48, Knigbtrider Street.
8, Lambeth Hill.
18, Long Lane.
†37, Middlesex Street.
†63 to 65, „
†22, „
31, Newbury Street.
3, Pancras Lane.
21, Stoney Lane.
68, St. Mary Axe.
†75, St. Paul's Churchyard.
194, Upper Thames Street.
[* An underground bakehouse,is one in which the floor surface of any baking room is more than 3 feet
below the surface of the footway of the adjoining street, or of the ground adjoining or nearest to the room.
† These have been established at least 21 years.