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REGISTERED HOUSES.
Seven houses have been registered during the year under
the sanitary regulations of the Vestry made under the provisions
of the Sanitary Act, 1866, and the Sanitary Law
Amendment Act, 1874. At Lady-day, 1891, thirty-five
houses were on the register.
Breaches of the Regulations have occurred in someinstances,
but have been remedied without the necessity of
recourse to legal proceedings.
INSPECTION OF BAKEHOUSES.
The Factory and Workshop Act, 1883, having transferred
to the Local Sanitary Authorities the duty of inspecting
retail bakehouses, the following abstract of the requirements
of the law with regard to the cleanliness, ventilation, overcrowding
and sanitary condition of retail bakehouses is
given for the information of parishioners:—
1. A bakehouse to be in conformity with the Acts relating to retail
bakehouses, is subject to the following requirements:—
(a) It must be kept in a cleanly state, and free from effuvia
arising from any drain, privy, or other nuisance.
(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 beinjurious
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'