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Stoke Newington 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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(5) Any drain or sewer under the bakehouse shall be
structed of gas and water-tight pipes, with sound joints.
No gulley shall be within the bakehouse, unless the
drain connected therewith be made to discharge over a
trapped inlet outside the bakehouse, and there be proper
access, readily obtainable, to the place of discharge
(where this is practicable). No certificate will be
granted to any bakehouse which is subject to flooding
from drains, sewers, etc.
(6) Provision shall be made for safe and suitable means of
access to the bakehouse. Every underground bakehouse
shall be approached by a suitable staircase,
adequately lighted and ventilated. No outside staircase
shall terminate within an underground bakehouse. Any
opening into the shop above must be so covered as to
prevent the entrance of dust.
B.—Light.
(7) The underground bakehouse shall be adequately lighted,
with daylight throughout, to the satisfaction of the
Sanitary Authority; and the lighting maintained shall
be such that an official copy of the abstract of the
Factory Act may ordinarily be read in all parts of such
bakehouse between the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
C.—Ventilation.
(8) The bakehouse shall be properly and effectually
ventilated by permanent inlets and outlets, communicating
directly with the open air, in such a way
and at such a height above the street level (or ground
adjoining) as to prevent the entrance into the bakehouse