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Water Supply and Fittings,—In 22 Bakehouses (i.e., 8.9
per cent.) there was no draw-off tap from the main, and in
29 cases (i.e., 11.7 per cent.) the cistern was dirty, and in
23 (i.e., 9.3 per cent.) there was either no cover at all or a
defective or badly fitting one; whilst the water fittings were
found defective in 11 (i.e., 4.5 per cent.) of the Bakehouses
inspected.
General Condition.—Accumulations of manure or house
refuse were found in 13 cases (i.e, 5.3 per cent.), and the
ashpit was, in 35.2 per cent. of the Bakehouses inspected,
either wanting altogether or defective and non-suitable.
In only two instances was a sleeping room found to be in
communication with the Bakehouse, and not efficiently
separated therefrom, as required by the Act.
The above defects have all been remedied.
The new Factory and Workshops Acts, together with
certain sections of the Public Health Acts, give great powers
of control over Bakehouses to Sanitary Authorities, whose
Officers are required to see that the following conditions
are fulfilled:
1. No underground place (not so used before January
1st, 1896) shall be used as a Bakehouse; and every
person opening a new Bakehouse must send a
written notice of the fact to the District Factory
Inspector within a month of such Bakehouse being
opened.
2. Every Bakehouse shall be kept in a cleanly state
and free from effluvia arising from any drain, privy,
or other nuisance.
3. No Bakehouse shall be overcrowded so as to be
dangerous or injurious to the health of the persons
employed ; and a notice specifying the number of
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