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Board of Works for the Fulham District.
Regulations for Bakehouses.
Factory and Workshop Acta, 1878 and 1883. 41 Vic. c. 16, and 46 & 47 Vic. c. 53.
41 vic.c. 1. The bakehouse shall be kept in a cleanly state, and free from
16,s.3. effluvia arising from any drain, privy, water closet, or other nuisance.
The floors shall be carefully swept at least once in every 24 hours ; the
sweepings immediately placed in an impermeable covered receptacle,
and removed from the bakehouse at least once in every seven days.
•tivic. c. 2. All the inside walls of the rooms of the Bakehouse, and
le^s. 33 all the ceilings or tops of such rooms, and all the passages
and staircases of the bakehouse shall either be painted with
oil, or varnished, or be limewashed. Where painted with oil or varnished
there shall be three coats of paint or varnish, and the paint or
varnish shall be renewed once at least in every seven years and shall
be washed in hot water and soap once at least in every six months.
Where lime-washed the lime washing shall be renewed once at least in
every six months, in the months of April and October.
41 vic. c. 3, The troughs and all the utensils used in the making of bread and
16 s. 35. pastry shall be kept scrupulously clean.
4. A place on the same level with the bakehouse, and forming part
of the same building, shall not be used as a sleeping place.
(a) Unless it is effectually separated from the bakehouse by a
partition extending from the floor to the ceiling.
(b) Unless there be an external glazed window of at least nine
superficial feet of area, of which at the least 4½ superficial
feet are made to open for ventilation.
46& 47 5. (a) No water-closet, earth-closet, privy, or ash-pit shall be within
Vic. c. 53,s. 15. or communicate directly with the bakehouse.
(b) Any cistern for supplying water to the bakehouse shall be
separate and distinct from any cistern for supplying water
to a water-closet.
(c) No drain or pipe for carrying off fæcal or sewage matter
shall have an opening within the bakehouse.
41 Vic,c.16,s.3. The bakehouse shall be efficiently lighted ; it shall be ventilated
so as to render harmless all gases, vapours, dust, or other impurities;
and it shall not be overcrowded while work is carried on therein.
7. The bakehouse shall be used for trade purposes only.
8. No animal shall be kept in the bakehouse on any pretence whatever.
9. No person suffering, or who has recently suffered, from any infectious
disease, shall be permitted to enter the bakehouse, or take any
part in the manufacture of bread or pastry, or to serve in the shop.
10. The owner or occupier of a bakehouse shall give immediate notice