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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Southwark 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE 38.Above ground Bakehouses.Details of structural works carried out during 1903:—

TABLE 38.

Above ground Bakehouses.

Details of structural works carried out during 1903:—

Description of Structural Works carried out.Number of Bakehouses at which works were carried out.
Oven fronts faced with white glazed bricks or tiles29
Walls rendered with cement42
Ceilings ceiled:
(a) With lath and plaster5
(b) With matchboards13
(c) With plaster slabs4
(d) With iron sheets2
Light and ventilation provided :
By windows8
Permanent means of ventilation provided by gratings and exhaust shafts8
Floors concreted17
Height of bakehouses increased2
Miscellaneous works, other than those above specified, carried out10