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Bakehouses.—There are 105 bakehouses in the Borough, all
of which have been subject to periodical inspection. In accordance
with the recommendation made by me in 1902, a special SubCommittee
of the Public Health Committee was formed for the
purpose of examining and certifying underground bakehouses under
the Factory Act. The sub-Committee held eight meetings and visited
each bakehouse on at least two occasions. The whole of the underground
bakehouses certified were renovated up to and in accordance
with the standards suggested in my special memorandum, save that
the Council did not see its way to insist upon a minimum height of
eight feet, but lowered the minimum height to seven feet. Seven
underground bakehouses which were existent at the passing of the
Act were not altered with a view to obtaining a Certificate, in
some cases being closed, in others being used for another purpose,
and in two cases a new ground-floor bakehouse being built in substitution.
These bakehouses were situate at 160, Maryland Road ; 52,