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frequently, and renewed once in seven years. As
regards supply of air, it is simply required that the
bake-house shall be furnished with " proper means
for effectual ventilation." The nature of these
means is not specified, nor is the cubic space to be
allowed to each workman limited. It is further
provided that no room on the same level with the
bake-house shall be used as a sleeping place,
unless it is separated therefrom by a partition,
extending from the floor to the ceiling, and is
provided with an external glazed window, at least
nine square feet in area, and made to open for
ventilation to at least half that extent. But the
Act contains no regulation as to places on a
different level, or in a separate building from the
bake-house, so that however small, ill ventilated,
dilapidated, or otherwise unfit for its purpose such
a sleeping room may be, it is exempted from the
operation of the statute.
Any occupier of a bake-house failing to keep
the same in conformity with the above regulations,
is subject to a penalty not exceeding £5, which may
be recovered summarily before a Police Magistrate,
who may, in addition to the infliction of a fine,
make an order, prescribing the means to be
adopted by the occupier for the improvement of
his bake-house. In order to facilitate the enforcement
of the Act, the Inspector of Nuisances is
authorized to inspect any bake-house at all times