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"authority, the reality of which is attested by the 8,279 visits made
"by your Inspectors to the bakehouses of the Parish, as well as by
"the summonses issued in the worst cases from time to time, when
"it has been necessary as an example, to enforce the regulations of
"the Act, although it must be acknowledged that the bakers of
"Islington, as a rule, have not been unwilling to meet the require"ments
of the Sanitary Committee under the Act now repealed."
The foregoing comments have a renewed interest at the
present time owing to the extract from the Report of H.M. Chief
Inspector of Factories and Workshops upon London bakehouses,
which recently went the round of the newspapers, and in which
the condition of the Bakehouses is alleged to be most unsatisfactory.
H.M. Inspector having stated in writing that the report in
question refers only to the East End of London, I do not propose
to do more than mention it here, more especially as your Vestry
have received no notice of any sanitary defects from H.M. Inspector
as provided in the 4th Section of "The Factory and Workshops
Act, 1878."
I have, nevertheless, felt it my duty to direct an inspection to
be made of the bakehouses in Islington, with a view to ascertain their
present condition under the new regime as contrasted with their
condition in the beginning of the year 1879, when they were first
taken under the supervision of H.M. Inspectors, and also, for the
purpose of having any defects now existing remedied as speedily
as possible.
This inspection has just been carried out under the powers
given by "The Nuisances Removal Acts," which provide for an
order of admission to be obtained from the Magistrate in cases of
refusal, the inference being in such instances, that nuisances exist,
which it is desired to conceal.
In March, 1879, when the bakehouses were last previously inpected
by your Sanitary Officers, it was found that of the 232 there