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It is therefore requested that all persons desirous of continuing the use of
such Bakehouses, will make application to the Corporation of London, addressed
to me, upon the Forms attached, accompanied by Plans and Sections, to a
scale of not less than 8 ft. to an inch, showing the construction, means of
light and ventilation, and also the means of drainage of the Bakehouse, and of
any premises connected therewith.
By Order,
Town Clerk.
Guildhall, E.C.
June, 1902.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
Section 101, relating to Underground Bakehouses.
Prohibition
of Underground
Bakehouses.
"101. (1) An Underground Bakehouse shall not be used as a Bakehouse
"unless it was so used at the passing of this Act.
"(2) Subject to the foregoing provision, after the First day of January,
"One thousand nine hundred and four, an Underground Bakehouse shall
"not be used unless certified by the District Council to be suitable for that
"purpose.
"(3) For the purpose of this Section an Underground Bakehouse
"shall mean a Bakehouse, any baking room of which is so situate
"that the surface of the floor is more than 3 feet below the surface
"of the footway of the adjoining street, or of the ground adjoining or
"nearest to the room. The expression 'baking room' means any
"room used for baking, or for any process incidental thereto.
"(4) 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.
"(5) This Section shall have effect as if it were included among the
"provisions relating to Bakehouses which are referred to in Section 26 of the
"Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
"(6) If any place is used in contravention of this Section, it shall be
"deemed to be a workshop not kept in conformity with this Act.
"(7) In the event of the refusal of a Certificate by the District Council,
"the occupier of the Bakehouse may, within twenty-one days from the refusal,
"by complaint apply to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, and if it appears
"to the satisfaction of the Court that the Bakehouse is suitable for use as
"regards construction, light, ventilation, and in all other respects, the Court
54 and 55
Vict., c. 76.