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Twenty-six bakehouses have been built in the parish
within the last four or five years, the majority of which
are above ground and for ventilation and light are a
great improvement upon the older ones.
In the four instances in which the condition of
bakehouses was objectionable the following defects were
observed:—
Bakehouse A.—The w.c. is inside the bakehouse
and in an offensive condition, the door opening into the
bakehouse and the drain not properly trapped.
Bakehouse B.—A bedroom in direct communication
with bakehouse, there being no partition between, and
the ceiling and floor out of repair.
Bakehouse C—The whole of the back premises,
including bakehouse, water closet, and dust bin, are
under one roof. The closet in an offensive condition.
Bakehouse D.—Generally dirty and out of repair.
These defects well illustrate the conditions found in
the worst class of bakehouses, added to which many are
underground. No bakehouse should be used without
being licensed after inspection, in the same manner
as slaughterhouses and cowhouses, and the proper
authority to inspect is the local Sanitary Authority.
The foregoing abstract and report illustrates the
principal sanitary work done during the year, but there
is a very much larger amount of sanitary supervision
which cannot be tabulated, and which is constantly
going on.