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Mr. Johnson reports that he found the certificate of the boat
"Thames" No. 992 to be much torn and dirty; a letter was sent to
the owners, Clayton and Sons; also the barge "Stort" No. 285, fore
cabin dirty and dilapidated ; an intimation was sent to owner.
Mr. Field reported that one boat was wrongly numbered and the
master stated he was waiting for the meeting of the Urban District
Council to obtain a certificate; this was remedied. He also reported
one barge was leaky, allowing water to run into cabin; letters were
sent to owners and registration authorities.
BAKEHOUSES.
The whole of the bakehouses were inspected twice during the year
by the Sanitary Inspectors and once by myself.
A letter was received from the Secretary of the National
Association of Master Bakers and Confectioners respecting the
clauses under section 101 of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901.
The Secretary stated it is perfectly clear that under clause 2, an
underground bakehouse cannot be so used after January 1st, 1904,
unless certified by the Council, but there is nothing in the Act to
say when the certificate shall be applied for, nor is there any direction
as to the meaning of the word "suitable." The Secretary said: "I
shall therefore esteem it a favour if you will let me know whether
your Council is taking any action to let the tenants of underground
bakehouses know what your requirements are as to suitablity. Also
I shall be glad to know if you are prepared to consider applications
for certificates at the present time. My Association has no wish
whatever to support bakehouses which are detrimental to the public
health, but it would point out that any harsh application of section
101 will mean ruin to hundreds of hard-working tradesmen who may
have underground bakehouses which are not perhaps perfect, but
which, for all practical purposes, are suitable for the manufacture of
bread with due regard to the public health."