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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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(r) Before making any alterations with a view to meeting
these requirements, the owners or occupiers of underground bakehouses
shall submit to the Sanitary Authority a specification and
plans of the alterations which they purpose making.
A copy of these requirements was forwarded to the occupiers
of all the underground bakehouses in the Borough and the
Sanitary Inspectors were instructed to inform them that every
assistance would be given them to carry out these requirements.
The amount of work that was done by the Inspectors was very
great, but I was able to report that in no case was there any
friction caused, although in all cases the work to be done necessarily
meant a large expenditure by the owners or occupiers of
these premises.
The following report was presented to the Committee in
December, 1903:—
"17th December, 1903.
"TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE.
"Gentlemen,
"I am now able to report that all the underground bake"houses
in the Borough have been dealt with, and certificates
"granted in all cases where the requirements drawn up by the
"Council have been carried out.
"In the original list laid before this Committee there were 61
"bakehouses which were considered to be underground,—15 in
Clapham, 16 in Putney, 14 in Streatham, and 16 in Wandsworth.
"In the parish of Clapham, of the 15 on the list, in regard to
"three, it was decided, after further inspection and consultation
"with the Solicitor to the Council, that they did not fall within the
"definition of underground bakehouses.
"At two premises new bakehouses were built above ground.
"Ten certificates were granted and also one to the occupier of
"No 11A, The Pavement, which was afterwards added to the list