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HOUSING REPAIRS AND RENTS ACT, 1954
I have dealt with the question of Disrepair Certificates
in the preamble to this report. From the date of the commencement
of the issue of these Certificates - 1st September, 1954 to the
31st December, 1954 - 71 Certificates of Disrepair were issued
and 6 Revocations granted.
SECTION 54, THE FACTORIES ACT, 1937. UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSES
It is the duty of the Council to carry out every 5 years
an examination of every basement bakehouse in which a Certificate
of Suitability has been issued and
(a) if, as a result of the examination, the Council are not satisfied
that the bakehouse is suitable for use as such as regards construction,
height, light, ventilation and any hygienic respect, they must give
notice in writing that the Certificate shall cease to have effect and
the basement bakehouse must not again be used as a bakehouse, or
(b) if the Council are satisfied that the bakehouse is suitable as
regards the matters aforesaid, the Certificate shall oontinue to
operate.
The existing quinquennial Certificates of the 7 remaining
basement bakehouses in the Borough expired on the 23rd September, 1954.
Comprehensive reports on the condition of each of these bakehouses
were prepared and submitted to the Public Health Committee for
consideration. As a result thereof, a Sub-Committee was appointed to
interview the owners of the bakehouses, together with representatives
of the National Association of Master Bakers. In the meantime, the
owners of 354, Kilburn High Road and 64, Belsize Lane had intimated
that they did not intend to carry out any baking therein in the future.
The Master Bakers concurred in the recommendations made
by the Sub-Committee which were subsequently accepted by the Public
Health Committee and the Council and are as follows:-
Basement Bakehouses Date of Expiration of
Certificate of Suitability
228 Belsize Road 31st March, 1959
7 Fairhazel Gardens 3lst March, 1959
63 Hemstal Road 30th September, 1956
98 West End Lane 30th September, 1957
279 West End Lane 31st March, 1959
354 Kilburn High Road 31st October, 1954
64 Belsize Lane 31st October, 1954