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Wimbledon 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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23
No. 30 Hill. Road.
Construction.—New flooring in shop, double thickness. New
ceiling between bread and confectionery bakehouses. Walls
rendered in cement. Ceiling and walls of bread bakehouse
scraped and painted. Cupboard made for hats and coats.
Floors levelled and concreted. Sheet zinc placed between each
joist in ceiling and fixed with fillet. Ceiling painted.
Light.—Shop floor cut away in two positions, and semi-prism
lights with tiled surrounds put in.
Ventilation.—Four fresh air inlets (downwards) fixed and
carried into bakehouse 6 feet from floor. An 18 inch ventilating
shaft carried from the bread bakehouse along passage into area,
taken above roof and fitted with extractor.
Other Rcspects.—New 2 inch waste sink provided and fixed, disconnecting
same over gully outside. New soilpipes (heavy iron)
fixed. Waste pipes from bath and scullery altered. Furniture
placed on casters.
No. 3, Bank Buildings, Hill Road.
Construction.—New 4 inch iron drain provided under bakehouse,
manhole built with interceptor and fresh air inlet. New
branch drains from watercloset and soilpipe. Old w.c. compartment
abolished. Angular lavatory and new w.c. fixed. The
ceilings, walls and woodwork in the pastry room washed, rubbed
down and painted. The bakehouse ceilings were washed,
scraped and painted, and the walls tiled with crystopal tiles.
Light.—Old windows in pastry room removed, new frames
and sashes made, so that the whole may open at once for
proper ventilation.
Ventilation.—Two air inlets tubes (downwards) with openings
at top protected with cast iron giatings and regulating panels,
brass wire screens and cleansing door at foot provided. A
galvanized hopper, 14 inch by 12 inch, fixed in face of wall, a
12 inch pipe with self-acting valves across top of ovens, through
flour room and carried up above roof and finished with an air
pump ventilator with 24 inch diameter head.
Other Respects.—All furniture on casters, and separate room
for men's clothing.