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Vestry, to know if a complaint made was correct: that men
employed on the premises slept in an underground vault,
contrary to the 4th and oth sections of the Bakehouse Act.
A reply was sent to the effect, that the bed room was properly
partitioned off from the bakehouse, with a door opening
into it, and that it was not an underground vault as complained
of in the letter of Sir George Grey. The dimensions
of the window opening into an area, which extended the
whole length of the house, were stated, but as these were
somewhat below the size required by the Act, the Medical
Officer recommended the window in the men's sleeping apartment
to be made the exact size required by the Act, which
has been done. The owner was quite willing to make any
necessary alteration.
(10) No. 26, Wilton-road.—This was a case of combined
drains which were stopped up, and the bakehouse
flooded with offensive water. A new nine-inch pipe drain
li£^ been laid down through 4, Shaftesbury-terrace, and those
of Nos. 3 and 29 in the same Terrace, with that of 26,
Wilton-road, connected with it.
(11) No. 42, Claverton-street.—In this case, the owner
wishing to get rid of a lodger, cut off the water, which of
course made the closets most offensive; but he was soon
compelled to allow it to go into the cisterns.
APPENDIX. No. IV.
visitation of bakehouses.
The 37 bakehouses in the Hanover and Mayfair
Districts were inspected in March, by ourselves in company
with Mr. Grant, when one was found shut up; one going
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