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BAKEHOUSES IN FINSBURY.
At the passing of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
which introduced new legislation with regard to bakehouses,
there were in the Borough forty-six "underground" bakehouses,
and twenty-three "above-ground" bakehouses.
The definition of an "underground" bakehouse is any bakehouse
where the surface of the floor is more than three feet below
the surface of the footway of the adjoining street or of the ground
adjoining or nearest to the room.
Among the new requirements of the Act was that no underground
bakehouse could be used unless it was so used on the
17th August, 1901, and that after the 1st January, 1904, it
would not be lawful to use any underground bakehouse whenever
established, unless the Council was satisfied that it was suitable
for the purpose and had given a certificate to that effect.
As the result of the additional requirements referred to,
and of the enforcement of the regulations made by the Council
under the Act to apply to underground bakehouses, two aboveground
and six underground bakehouses were closed at that time.
Since then further thirteen underground and seven above-ground
bakehouses have been closed, whilst five above-ground bakehouses
have been opened.
The number of bakehouses at present in use in the Borough
is:—
Underground bakehouses 27
Above-ground bakehouses 19
All the bakehouses in the Borough are periodically inspected
by the Public Health Staff and notices served for the nuisances
discovered.
At premises in Myddelton Street it was proposed by the
occupier to establish an underground bakehouse, but the project
was abandoned by the occupier after his attention had been
directed to the prohibition upon the establishment anew of an
underground bakehouse.