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(b) 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
injurious to health.
(c) The ceilings or tops of the bakehouse and all passages and
staircases must either be painted with oil, or varnished,
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 be employed in a
bakehouse contrary to the provisions of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1878.
Penalties are provided in the event of an infringement of
the law; the bakehouses brought into use after the 31st of
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 Vestry.
It has not been found necessary to take proceedings against
the occupiers of any premises of that description during the
past year.