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Poplar 1902

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

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(q) The furnace in connection with the oven is to be provided with
a sufficient outlet or flue to carry off any fumes generated in the
process of baking. An outlet for heat or steam is to be provided
immediately in front of the oven door. The outlet doors of the
furnace and the oven doors to be close fitting.
Where gas is used in the process of baking, efficient means of
ventilation must be provided for carrying off any fumes generated.
(r) Provision shall be made for depositing wearing apparel outside
underground bakehouse.
Before making any alterations with a view to meeting these
requirements, the Owners or Occupiers of underground bakehouses
shall submit to the Sanitary Authority a specification and plans of.
the alterations which they purpose making.
Non-compliance with the above requirement shall not necessarily
mean that the Sanitary Authority will refuse a certificate, as each
underground bakehouse must be dealt with, without prejudice, on
its own individual merits.
Any alteration to an underground bakehouse should be carried out
under the superintendence of a competent advisor.
Where a certificate has been granted by the Local Authority, it has
been granted subject to be withdrawn, if all the utensils, furniture,.
implements, and internal surfaces of an underground bakehouse are not at
all times maintained in a cleanly condition, or should there be noncompliance
with, or infringement of, any of the regulations under which the
Local Authority granted the certificate.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES AND COW-HOUSES.
Notices were received from the occupiers of slaughter-houses and
cow-houses within the Borough of their intention to apply to the
London County Council for the renewal of licenses. These premises