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6o
The effect of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1883, is that
these duties in the metropolis are now imposed upon the Vestries
and District Boards.
In the Parish of Lambeth there are 242 bakehouses; to each
of these the following regulations have been sent.
1. The bakehouse shall be kept in a cleanly state and free from
effluvia arising from any drain, privy, or other nuisance.
2. The bakehouse shall not be overcrowded so as to be
injurious to health.
3. The bakehouse shall be well ventilated.
4. The paint of the bakehouse or passage leading thereto shall
be washed with soap and water every six months, and renewed
with three coats of paint or varnish every seven years.
5. All parts of the bakehouse and its passages, walls, and
ceilings not painted shall be limewashed every six months, viz,
in March and September.
6. No place on the same level as a bakehouse, or in the same
building shall be used as a sleeping-room, except it is completely
separated from the bakehouse by a partition from floor to ceiling,
and unless there is an external glazed window of 9 superficial
feet in area, of which 4½ superficial feet are made to open for
ventilation.
7. No closet or ashpit shall be within or communicate
directly with the bakehouse.
8. The cistern supplying water to the bakehouse shall be
separate from the cistern supplying the closet.
9. No drain or pipe for carrying off sewage matter shall have a
direct opening within the bakehouse.
Of the 242 bakehouses when inspected 134 required sanitary
improvements, 92 were dirty, in 60 the drains were not trapped,
6 were badly ventilated, one was dilapidated, in one an offensive
smell existed, in one the drain was stopped, in 36 there was no