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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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73
Water-closets—
Separate and suitable provided 19
Additional provided 3
Lobbies constructed 67
Ventilated 63
Floors made impervious 27
Pans cleansed 242
Walls and ceilings cleansed 73
Flush improved 43
Other defects 70
607
General defects remedied 386
Total defects remedied 1,752
Number of water-closets improved—
For men 177
For women 107
284
BAKEHOUSES.
(Underground.)
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It is now generally known that bakehouses cannot now be newly established
"except where the floor surface is not more than 3 ft. below the surface of the
"footway of the adjoining street or of the ground adjoining or nearest to the
"room."
By the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (Sec. 101 (4), all underground
bakehouses were after January 1st, 1904, required to be certified by the Local
Authority to be suitable.
The following is a list of bakehouses now existing in the City :—
ABOVEGROUND BAKEHOUSES.
The following is a list of bakehouses in the City situated aboveground:—
90, Bishopsgate Street Without.
*18-19, Leadenhall Market.
†61, Middlesex Street.
*155, Minories.
†85, Middlesex Street.
*4, Water Lane.
†l3, Widegate Street.
*93-94, Upper Thames Street.
*Established during 1903.
† These have been established at least 21 years.