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inspections of such premises in connection with the alterations required for the certificate
under Sec. 101 of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, and prepared 64 plans and reports
for office use. The inspections of " level" bakehouses numbered only 26, mainly on account of
the time demanded for the supervision of works at the underground bakehouses. Only 4 of the
bakehouses were reported as dirty during the year, cleansing being carried out on the serving
of intimation notices. In the 15 "level " bakehouses, 31 men are reported to be employed, in
the 62 " underground," 315 men.
In December an Order was made by the Home Secretary under Sec. 3 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, increasing the amount of cubic space to be allowed to workers in bakehouses
to:—
400 cubic feet in " level " bakehouses where work is carried on at night and electric light
not used ; and 500 cubic feet in " underground."
It is proposed to submit a complete separate report on the work carried out in underground
bakehouses. In the meantime, the appended brief statement of the principal
improvements effected will be of interest. Certificates were refused for 3 underground
bakehouses, one refusal being subsequently cancelled. The other two bakehouses went out
of use at the beginning of the current year.
Summary of Work Carried Out at the Underground Bakehouses.
Bakehouses entirely reconstructed 4
Dimensions—height increased 6
„ cubic space increased by other alterations 3
„ cubic space reduced to provide areas 2
Walls, floors and ceilings made to comply with Schedule 62
Drains—reconstructed 13
„ ditto partly 13
„ old, tested and found sound 12
„ new, combined constructed 3
„ old, „ tested and found sound 1
„ penstock valve fixed (to prevent flooding) 1
Water supply—supply off the main provided 25
Light—electric 9
„ —incandescent gas 44
Ventilation—mechanical means provided 3
„ —air pump ventilators fixed 6
,, —disused chimneys converted into upcasts 50
Flour Stores provided 12
„ „ shut off from baking rooms 6
Lavatories and Dressing-rooms provided 37
Dampness of sites remedied ------ 3
Housing.
This subject will be dealt with under the sub-heads :—
(i) Houses let in lodgings ;
(ii) Common Lodging Houses ; and
(iii) Housing of the Working Classes Acts.
Houses let in Lodgings.—This description is undoubtedly an unfortunate one, as the
public confuse the registration of houses occupied by members of more than one family with
the licensing of common lodging houses. The term is given in Sec. 94 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, so that its use can hardly be avoided. The Scotch equivalent, "apartment
houses," would be much preferable, as it would clearly differentiate such houses from
common lodging houses.