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Besides the foregoing the Act lays down general statutory requirements
similar to what are already in existence for all bakehouses as
given in the bye-laws.
Applying the foregoing conditions to the underground bakehouses in
your district, not one of them is 8 feet high—their height varies from
6 feet 2 inches to 7 feet 9 inches—two only have 1500 feet or more,
and in all of these the flour is stored in the bakehouse.
To comply with the other requirements laid down, extensive and
expensive alterations would be required, and to obviate any apparent
hardship the proprietors of the bakehouses should know at an early
date the decision of your Authority.
A special report on this very important question will be presented
whenever required and before any action is taken.
On the owners of three bakehouses special notices were served for
cleansing ; all the others were done in the usual way twice a year.
In one the gully was broken and replaced, in another the drains
were reconstructed, and in one the ventilation was defective and
rectified.
In two instances the closets were found defective and repaired.
The roof was defective in one and replaced. In all these instances
notices were served, and in consequence the work done.
No. 4. Home Work.—Under this heading, important powers
are given to your authority for the controlling of the conditions under
which certain classes of work are done in the homes of the worker.
In Section 107-115, powers are given for the prevention of home
work being done in (a) unhealthy dwellings (b) in premises where there
is dangerous infectious disease.
This power only applies to certain classes of home work, and the
only kind carried on in your district is in connection with clothing and
the repair of furniture and upholstery work. Under unwholesome
dwellings, that is, from insanitary conditions, want of ventilation, or
overcrowding, action was taken as previously recorded in three
instances.
Infectious Dwellings.—Under this heading, the mosr important
work in connection with the Act was performed owing to the large
number of domestic factories in this district.
In order to carry out this work an ever-changing register has to be
kept, which entails an enormous amount of clerical work, and the Act
provides that every person employing out-workers shall forward to the