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Bakehouses and New Regulations.
The whole of the 25 bakehouses in the district have been visited
at intervals during the year, and the cleansing of walls and ceilings
and staircases, etc., carried out according to the requirements.
While inspecting one bakehouse I discovered a baker asleep on his
bed on top of the troughs, and in searching under the troughs I
found six or seven old boots, green with mould and smelling badly,
and quantities of other rubbish. I had the master in and after
showing the above, cautioned him as to further proceedings should
the bakehouse not be kept clean.
There are seven underground bakehouses in the district, and to
six of these the necessary alterations as to light and ventilation,
etc., have been carried out according to plans submitted to the
Public Health Committee for approval.
The remaining one is partly done, and the owner who is also the
occupier refuses, up to the present, to proceed any further with
the work. The occupiers one and all, I am glad to say, are agreed
now the improvements have been effected, that they were much
needed, and the workers are benefited thereby.
Canai. Boats Acts.
"Canal boats" have been watched for and inspections carried
out as often as possible. These "boats" trade between different
inland waters and the firms along the cutside. 20 registered
"boats" have been boarded and examined as well as numerous
unregistered barges. Any small infringements of the "Regulations"
have soon been put right. In one case, however, a serious infringement
was found to be existing—the forecabin was in such a dilapidated
condition that the master's daughter (age 21) was compelled
to sleep aft in the same small cabin as the father occupied, and when
complained about it appeared that neither had had their clothes off
for three weeks. Legal proceedings were instituted against the owner,
who was at fault in a technical sense, but on his arrival from