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Part V. (iii). Bakehouses (Secs. 97 — 102).
Section 9/ prohibits the occupation of any place as a bakehouse unless the
following conditions are complied with:
(a) There must be no water-closet in direct communication with or within
the bakehouse;
(b) Every cistern supplying water to the bakehouse must be separate from
any cistern supplying water-closets; and
(c) There must be no drain-opening within the bakehouse.
Section 98.—A court of summary jurisdiction may on complaint by a factory
inspector or a district council fine the occupier of the bakehouse if it is in
the opinion of the court "in such a state on sanitary grounds" as to be
unfit for such use. The court may in addition to or in lieu of the fine
direct such works to be carried out as are, in the opinion of the court,
necessary to remedy the conditions complained of.
Section 99 requires the walls, ceilings, and all passages and staircases of a
bakehouse to be either painted and varnished or limewhitened. If painted,
they are to be washed once in every six months, and repainted once at
least in every seven years. If limewhitened, the limewash must be
renewed once at least in every six months.
Section 100.—Any place on a level with the bakehouse may not be used for
sleeping purposes unless the following conditions are complied with :
(a) It must be shut off from the bakehouse by a partition extending from
floor to ceiling;
(b) It must have a window communicating with the external air of at
least nine square feet, of which at least four and a half square feet
must be made to open.
Section 101.—An underground bakehouse not in use as a bakehouse at the
passing of the F. & W. A. (August 17, 1901) shall not be used again as
a bakehouse, and no new bakehouse can be opened after that date. After
January 1, 1901, no underground bakehouse may be used "unless certified
bv the district council to be suitable " for such use.
" An underground bakehouse shall not be certified as suitable unless the
district council is satisfied that it is suitable as regards construction, light,
ventilation, and in all other respects."
Id the event of a council refasing to certify, the occupier may appeal "within
twenty-one days from the refusal to a court of summary jurisdiction,
when "if it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the bakehouse
is suitable for use,"' as regards construction, light, etc., the court may
grant a certificate.
Where structural alterations are required to obtain the certificate, the
occupier may recover part of the costs from the owner in the manner set
out under Section 7 of the Act.
Section 102 directs the district council to enforce the provisions of Sections
97 to 101, but in London this section is replaced by Section 26 of the
P. H. L. A.