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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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shall thereupon grant a certificate of suitability of the
bakehouse, which shall have effect as if granted by the
District Council.
8. Where any place has been let as a bakehouse,
and the certificate required by this section cannot be
obtained unless structural alterations are made, and
the occupier alleges that the whole or part of the
expenses of the alterations ought to be borne by the
owner, he may by complaint apply to a court of
summary jurisdiction, and that court may make such
order concerning the expenses of their apportionment
as appears to the court to be just and equitable under
the circumstances of the case, regard being had to the
terms of the Contract between the parties or in the
alternative the court may, at the request of the occupier,
determine the lease.
There are 13 bakehouses in the District, 4
of which are situate underground. They have
been inspected twice during the year and found
generally to be kept in a clean and satisfactory
condition.
The attention of each of the occupiers of the
underground bakehouses within the District has
been drawn to the foregoing section of the Act,
in order to give them the opportunity where
possible, to carry out the necessary structual
alterations required to obtain the Council's
certificate.
On the 13th January, 1902, I was appointed
by the Council Inspector under the Act, but in
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