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Fulham 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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(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 least 4y2
suoerficial feet are made to open for ventilation.
5. (a) No water-closet, earth-closet, privy, or ash-pit shall be
within 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.
46 & 47
Vic. c.
53, s. 15
(c) No drain or pipe for carrying off faecal or sewage
matter shall have an opening within the bakehouse.
6. 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.
41Vic.
16, s. 3.
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 to the Medical Officer of Health of any case of infectious
disease occurring on the same premises as the bakehouse.
11. Any person who lets or suffers to be occupied or who
occupies any bakehouse in which there is a contravention of the
Factory and Workshops Acts, 1878 and 1833, which provide for
the sanitary condition and cleansing of bakehouses and regulating
the employment of persons therein, shall be liable on summary
conviction to the penalties enumerated in such Acts.
By Order,
THOMAS EDWARD JONES, Clerk.
NICHOLAS CONSTANTINE COLLIER,
Medical Officer of Health.
For proceedings taken against Bakers, &c., for noncompliance
with the Regulations, see Medical Officer's
Report.