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Edmonton 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Stables removed 1
Yards cleansed 1
W.C.s. repaired 1
Window added for light and ventilation 1
New River water supply put to bakehouse 1
Bakehouse repaired 1
New bakehouse 1
Bakehouses reconstructed 1
Bakehouse walls rendered 1
Floor re-constructed 1
I am pleased to say there is only one underground
bakehouse in the district that comes within the
definition of Underground Bakehouse
Sec. 101 states, "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 three feet below the surface
of the footway of the adjoining street, or of the ground
adjoining or nearest to the room."
The Bakehouse in question is four feet below the
level of the adjoining footway, and so comes within the
definition.
However, the owner of the bakehouse is carrying
out the necessary work by rendering the walls and
ceiling to a smooth surface, making the dough troughs
moveable, and the whole of the drains watertight; and
when this is completed, he will be entitled to a
certificate under the Act.