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(5) It must not be so overcrowded while work is carried on
therein as to be injurious to the health of the persons
employed, and shall be ventilated in such a manner as
to render harmless, so far as practicable, all the gases,
vapours, dust, or other impurities generated in the
course of the manufacturing process that may be in injurious
to health.
(c) The ceilings or tops of the bakehouse and all passages and
staircases must either be painted with oil, or vari:i«lied,
or limewashed, or partly painted or varnished, and partly
limewashed. If painted or varnished, the surface must
be covered with three coats of paint or varnish, and
renewed once at least in every seven years, and washed
with hot water and soap once at least in every six
months. Limewashing is to be renewed once at least in
every six months.
2. No place on the same level with the bakehouse and forming
part of the same building may be used as a sleeping place,
unless it is effectually separated from the bakehouse by a
partition extending from the floor to the ceiling, and has an
external glazed window of at least nine superficial feet in
area, of which at least four-and-a-half feet are made to open
for ventilation.
3. A bakehouse must not be in such a state as to be on sanitary
grounds unfit for use or occupation as a bakehouse.
4. No child, young person, or woman may bo employed in a
house contrary to the provisions of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1878.
Penalties are provided in the event of au infringement of
the law, and bakehouses brought into use after the 31st May,
1883, are subject to certain further requirements.
The bakehouses in the Parish (33 in number) are under
frequent inspection by the Sanitary Officers of the Vetsry.
It has not been found necessary to take proceedings again
the occupiers of any premises of that description during the
past year, but two bakehouses, each kept by a foreigner,
have required almost constant attention from the Sanitary
Officers. One of these bakehouses has now been given up.