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(2) Any basement bakehouse which, for a period exceeding twelve months,
is not used as a bakehouse shall not be so used again.
(3) It shall be the duty of every district council to carry out, in the
year beginning at the date of the commencement of this Act and in every fifth
succeeding year after that year, an examination of every basement bakehouse in
respect of which a certificate of suitability has been issued.
(4) If as the result of the examination the council are not satisfied
that the bakehouse is suitable for use as such as regards construction, height,
light, ventilation, and any hygienic respect, they shall give notice in writing
that the certificate shall cease to have effect after the expiration of such
period, being not less than one month, as may be specified in the notice, and
the basement bakehouse shall not be used as a bakehouse after the expiration
of that period.
(5) If the council are satisfied that the bakehouse is suitable as regards
the matters aforesaid, they shall give notice in writing that the certificate
shall continue to operate so long as the bakehouse may otherwise
lawfully be used, but without prejudice to the power of the council to revoke
the certificate as the result of a subsequent examination under this subsection.
The occupier may appeal to a court of summary jurisdiction against the decision
of the local authority to terminate the certificate and may further
appeal to the Quarter Sessions.
The last quinquennial examination of the 27 basement bakehouses then in
use was carried out in 1948, and certificates of suitability were granted in
respect of 21 premises. On the 1st January only 18 of the basement bakehouses
remained in use. During the year the use of two further premises was discontinued,
leaving the following 16 in operation at the end of the year:
239 Amhurst Road
36 Chatsworth Road
94 Chatsworth Road
72 Dalston Lane
178 Dalston Lane
48 De Beauvoir Road
167 Homerton High Street
69 Kingsland High Street
71 Lower Clapton Road
200 Lower Clapton Road
106 Oldhill Street
33 Rectory Road
174 Southgate Road
18 Upper Clapton Road
186 Well Street
81 Wilton Way
The Certificate of Suitability granted in respect of one of the underground
bakehouses still in use has ceased to have effect, but the Council has
from time to time extended the period of occupation to enable the occupier to
find suitable alternative premises. The circumstances relating to this bakehouse
will be taken into consideration when the results of the survey now
being made are reported to the Public Health Committee.
The number of inspections of basement bakehouses made totalled 36, and no
defects or conditions were found which called for any statutory action by the
Department.