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In any future Bye-law regulating this traffic,
covered vans should be insisted upon; and in some
neighbourhoods, early hours in the morning should be
fixed, before shops open, for the removal of all offensive
matters.
Inspection of Bake-houses.
The whole of the bake-houses throughout the
Parish, 81 in number, have been most carefully
inspected by T. R. Clifford and myself, and 14 Sanitary
orders were issued for cleansing, improved ventilation,
and disinhabiting of rooms used as bed-rooms without
sufficient light. Beyond what the Act, 26 & 27 Vict.,
Cap. 40, demands, we have not ventured to materially
interfere, but it is obvious that more efficient Sanitary
supervision will be needed sooner or later, such as
inspection of the materials used in bread making, the
quality of flour, of rice, potatoes, and yeast used,whether
alum is found on the premises, the quality of water, and
the atmosphere of bake-houses should also be noticed
and duly reported upon. My own opinion is, that
great reforms are needed, and I say this, not only
upon personal observations of the trade, but follow
Dr. Guy and others, who made inquiries into the
subject some years since. The following are circumstances
that call for changes, beneficial to the interests
of masters and men. These trades should not be conducted
in under-ground apartments (caves as the
French would call them) where the atmosphere is
unnecessarily hot, sometimes fetid and stifling. The
men employed in under-ground bakeries are much
below the standard of health—asthma, bronchitis, and