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is to be hoped that at a convenient season a more complete
measure may be introduced. Happily, the public and the
operatives are in complete agreement with sanitary officials
as to the necessity of thorough supervision of bakehouses
by the sanitary authority. In our own parish, control over
the bakehouses by your Vestry had never been wholly lost,
as I felt it my duty to instruct the sanitary inspectors to
visit them periodically, as a part of their routine work; and
therefore, although there is much to desire in regard to the
position and the arrangements generally of the premises,—for
few of them were built for use as bakehouses,—yet, on the
whole, sanitary conditions have been fairly maintained, and
when the powers now possessed by your Vestry shall have
been fully exercised, there will remain, I hope, little
cause for complaint.
This subject of bakehouse regulation had often been under
the consideration of the Society of Medical Officers of
Health, and upon the passing of the new Act the Society
prepared "Suggestions for Regulations with respect to Bakehouses,"
for the guidance of local authorities. The Acts
do not expressly authorise the making of regulations, but
it was felt that much good would result should local authorities
see fit to adopt the regulations for the guidance of
their officers, and communicate them to the proprietors of
bakehouses, as an indication of the requirements of the
Acts. This course was followed by your Vestry: the
Regulations have been printed in large type, and mounted
on cardboard, and a copy has been supplied to each bakehouse
proprietor in this parish.
The Regulations are as follows:—
REGULATIONS.
1. Every Bakehouse shall be kept in a cleanly state, and free from effluvia
arising from any drain, privy, water-closet, or other nuisance. The
floors shall be carefully swept at least once every 24 hours, and the
sweepings shall be immediately placed in an impermeable covered
receptacle, and removed from the bakehouse at not longer intervals than
every seven days.