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4. That from insufficiency in the number of Inspectors available for the
duty, or other cause, official inspection of Bakehouses, as a regular and
systematic proceeding, has practically ceased since the passing of the
Factory and Workshop Act.
5. That as a consequence of such practical cessation of official inspection
the bakehouses have fallen into an unsanitary condition, as testified
in respect of some of them, by Assistant Inspector Lakeman (vide
Annual Report for 1881 by the Chief Factory Inspector), and
generally, by Reports presented to Vestries and District Boards of
Works by Medical Officers of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, after
inspection made by such officers, as a result of the revelations published
in the said Annual Report of the Chief Factory Inspector.
6. That regular systematic inspection of Bakehouses is imperatively
necessary for the protection of the interests of public health.
7. That such inspection could be best carried out by Sanitary Authorities,
who have an ample staff of trained and efficient medical and sanitary
officers available for the purpose.
8. That the provisions of the Factory and Workshop Act are insufficient
to secure a proper sanitary condition of bakehouses, regarded as
places in which a prime necessary of life, the daily food of man, is
prepared.
9. That there is urgent necessity for fresh legislation, to secure such
per sanitary condition; it being desirable, moreover, for the reasons
above indicated, that the supervision of Bakehouses should be restored
to the Sanitary Authorities.
10. That in the contemplated legislation provision should be made for
Licensing or Registration of Bakehouses.
Power of entry at all times by the officers of the Local Authority.
Power to the Local Authority, being the Sanitary Authority, to
frame bye laws to enable them to regulate bakehouses by bye laws
dealing with
(a) the position and the construction, including lighting and ventilation,
and periodical cleansing of bakehouses, and
(b) the materials and utensils employed in the manufacture of
bread, pastry, &c.
"The Society, therefore, respectfully recommend the introduction of a
Government Bill to secure the above objects, being of opinion, moreover,
that the principles applicable in respect of bakehouses might
be judiciously extended to all other places in which articles of food of
man are prepared for sale."