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REGISTERED HOUSES.
No additional 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, 1892,
thirty-live houses were on the register.
Breaches of the Regulations have occurred in some
instances, but have been remedied without the necessity of
recourse to legal proceedings.
The additional powers conferred upon the Vestry by the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, have considerably
diminished the importance and necessity of registering
houses under the above-mentioned regulations.
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 subjected to the following requirements:—
(a) It must be kept in a cleanly state, and free from effluvia
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