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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 cleanliness, ventilation, overcrowding
aud sanitary condition of retail bakehouses is
given for the information of the 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 eftluvia
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
coursc of the manufacturing process that may be
injurious to health.
(c) The ccilings 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 at least once 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.