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THE PROVISIONS RESPECTING BAKEHOUSES
are set forth in sections 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 and 102 of the Act. Sections 97, 99
and 100 are re-enactments of existing provisions. Section 98 is a new provision and
makes it unlawful to use a bakehouse which is on sanitary grounds unfit for use. The
new provision of most importance, however, is that contained in section 101 which
lays down the law as to underground bakehouses. Briefly its requirements may be
summed up as follows:—Underground bakehouses not in use as such on August 17th,
1901, are illegal, and after January 1st, 1904, no underground bakehouse shall be used
unless certified by the District Council, which in Shoreditch is the Borough Council,
to be suitable as regards construction, light, ventilation and in all other respects. If
the District Council refuse the certificate, complaint may within 21 days of the
refusal be made to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, which if satisfied that the
bakehouse is suitable, may grant a certificate having effect, as if the same were granted
by the District Council. A Court of Summary Jurisdiction also has the power in
cases where structural alterations are necessary to fit an underground bakehouse for
use, to apportion the costs of the work between the owner and the occupier. The
Court also has power in the alternative to determine a lease of a bakehouse which is
underground if so requested by the occupier. For the purpose of section 101, an
underground bakehouse is defined as 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. Section
102 deals with the enforcement of the law relating to retail bakehouses by
the Sanitary Authorities.
The following is a list of the underground bakehouses as above defined, which are
situate in Shoreditch
Bevenden Street, No. 2
Bridport place, Nos. 2 and 88
Bristow Street, No. 2
Britannia Street, No. 94
Brunswick Street, No. 126
Clifton Street, Nos. 32, 63 and 94
Cropley Street, Nos. 17 and 58
Dunloe Street, No. 41
Dunstan Street, No. 25
East Road, Nos. 82 and 103
Essex Street, No. 25
Hackney Road, No. 305
Haggerston Road, No. 78
Hoxton Street, Nos. 61, 74, 141,
179, 192, and 271
Hyde Road, Nos. 2, 63 and 73
Kingsland Road, Nos. 77, 164,
200 and 273
Lee Street, No. 33
Leonard Street, No. 91
Marlborough Road, No. 36
Murray Street, No. 92
New North Road, Nos. 59 and 63
Paul Street, Nos. 16 and 26
Pearson Street, Nos. 7 and 78
Philip Street, No. 86
Pitfield Street, Nos. 2, 7 and 76
Pownall Road, No. 102
Shaftesbury Street, No. 87
St. John's Road, No. 16, 39, 86 and
139
Sturt Street, No. 12