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Poplar 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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10. Cubic space.
11. Structure and condition of walls:
12. Structure and condition of ceiling:
13. Structure and condition of floors :
14. Windows ; position and superficial area :
15. Light; (can the work be carried on without artificial
light?):
16. Ventilation:
17. Position and condition of entrances :
18. Drain inlets:
19. W.C. (Situation, communication and condition);
20. Water Supply—from main; from cistern:
(If cistern, position, construction, cover, cleanliness,
connection with w.c. water supply.)
21. Number and condition of troughs (state if fixtures).
22. Number of ovens:
23. Arrangement for flour, potatoes, etc.
24. Arrangement for coal:
25. Arrangement for ashes:
The following are the regulations which were recommended by
the Committee, and approved by the Council on the 12th March,
1903
(a) The bakehouse shall have a minimum capacity clear of the
oven of 1,500 cubic feet, and shall be in every part thereof at least
8 feet high, measured from the floor vertically to the ceiling. It
should have at least 3 feet of its height above the surface of the footway
of the adjoining street, or of the ground adjoining or nearest
to the bakehouse, unless provided with sufficient daylight area, or
areas extending below the floor level, and directly communicating
with the external air, into which a window, or windows of such
underground bakehouse open. In case the floor area exceeds 300
square feet, the height shall be at least 8 feet 6 inches.