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74
Sink wastes amended 81
Rain-water pipes repaired 28
Cisterns cleansed or covered 71
Refuse receptacles provided 66
Water-closets—
Separate and suitable provided 35
Additional provided 6
Lobbies constructed 85
Ventilated 147
Floors made impervious 7
Pans cleansed 252
Walls and ceilings cleansed 141
Flush improved 89
762
General defects remedied 603
Total defects remedied 2,285
Number of water-closets improved—
For men 305
For women 196
501
BAKEHOUSES.
(Underground.)
Bakehouses have been the subject of special legislation for many years, and
since the 1st January, 1896, it has been unlawful to establish any new one
underground. The Factory and Workshop Act of 1901 introduced some
stringent measures with regard to these places, and it was therein enacted
that after the 1st January, 1904, no existing underground* bakehouse should
be used unless certified by the Sanitary Authority to be "suitable as regards
construction, light, ventilation, and in all other respects" (Sec. 101 (4)).
Early in that year the whole of the underground bakehouses had been dealt
with, i.e., were certified as suitable or had permanently ceased to be used as such.
The following is a list of the underground bakehouses in the City dealt
with under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901:—
188, Aldersgate Street. 85, Fore Street.
81, Bishopsgate Street Without. †67, Farringdon Street.
59 to 62, „ „ †88,
†4, Broadway. †93, Fetter Lane.
95, Cannon Street. † 12, Gracechurch Street.
8, Copthall Avenue. †21, Holborn.
15, Cornhill. 8 to 14, King Street, Snow Hill.
15, Duke Street. 48, Knightrider Street.
* An underground bakehouse is one in which the floor surface of any baking room 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.
† These have been established at least 21 years.