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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
"One bakehouse will be closed as the occupier has another
''bakehouse above ground.
"In the parish of Putney the occupiers of three of the 16
"bakehouses on the list have not applied for certificates; in all the
"others, with one exception, the requirements have been carried
"cut and certificates have been granted. In one case the Com"mittee
decided to adjourn the consideration of the alterations to
"be made for six months under the exceptional circumstances.
"In the parish of Streatham, of the 14 bakehouses, the
"occupier of one has not applied. Certificates have been granted
"to the occupiers of the remaining 13.
"In the parish of Wandsworth, of the 16 bakehouses the
"occupiers of two do not intend to apply for the certificate. In
"the case of the other 14, certificates have been granted to 13, the
"owner of the other one having constructed a new bakehouse
"above ground.
"The total number of underground bakehouses in the
"Borough, to which certificates have been granted, is 48, three
"new bakehouses have been built above ground, 7 have not
"applied for certificates, and one case has been adjourned.
'In connection with the alterations made, no less than 1,246
"visits were made by the Sanitary Inspectors, and I personally
"visited every bakehouse two or three times. The alterations
"that have been made were, in a large proportion, of a structural
"character and were carried out by the owners or occupiers in a
"most satisfactory manner. The requirements have been, in
" every case, carried out to my satisfaction, and as every bakehouse
" had to be dealt with on its own merits, the amount of work in
'each individual bakehouse differed according to its original
"condition.
"In all, additional means of ventilation were required; in all,
"with the exception of a very few, additional light had to be pro"vided;
and in the majority of cases, the structural alterations
"were of a serious character.