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City of Westminster 1902

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raised, at least 1 foot from the floor, and set sufficiently
away from all walls, so as to allow of access to all parts.
(10) There shall not be in direct communication with the
bakehouse, any coal or other cellar, room, unpaved yard, or
area, which may be a nuisance, or cause contamination by
foul air, dust or dirt. Where possible, the stoke-hole to the
oven fires should not be inside the bakehouse.
(11) Provision shall be made for the proper storage of flour
elsewhere than in the bakehouse itself.
Section 101, Sub-section 8, of the Factory and Workshops Act,
1901, states that:—
" Where any place has been let as a bakehouse, and the certificate
required by this section cannot be obtained unless structural
alterations are made, and the occupier alleges that the whole or
part of the expenses of the alterations ought to borne by the
owner, he may by complaint apply to a court of summary
jurisdiction, and that court may make such order concerning the
expenses or their appointment as appears to the Court to be just
and equitable, under the circumstances of the case, regard being
had to the terms of any contract between the parties, or in the
alternative the Court may, at the request of the occupier,
determine the lease. "
Westminster City Halt., W.C.
October 22nd, 1902.
Copies of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, may be purchased,
either directly or through any bookseller, of Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode,
Fast Harding Street, Fleet Street, E.G. Price 11d.
Application for a Certificate for an Underground Bakehouse.
City of Westminster.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
To the Westminster City Council.
I being the occupier of an underground
bakehouse situate at No.
hereby apply for a certificate for the same, under Section 101 of the
above Act that it is suitable for the purposes of a bakehouse.
Signature of Applicant
Address
Date 190