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Bakehouses.—The Factories and Workshops Bill, 1883,
alluded to in the last Report, having passed into law, was
duly considered by the Sanitary Committee. By Clause 17
the enforcement of Sections 3, 33, 34 and 35 of the Factory
and Workshops Act, 1878, which relate to cleanliness,
ventilation, overcrowding, and other sanitary conditions,
was re-transferrod from the Factory Inspectors to the Local
Authorities, and all the powers of entry, inspection, taking
legal proceedings, &c., conferred upon the Factory Inspectors
by the Act of 1878, were transferred to the
Medical Officers of Health of the Local Authorities.
With regard to bakehouses used for the first time as
such after the 1st June last, the Act provides that—
(i) No water closet, earth closet, privy, or ash
pit shall be within or communicate directly
with the bakehouse.
(ii) Any cistern for supplying water to the
house, shall be separate and distinct from
any cistern for supplying water to a water
closet.
(iii) No drain or pipe for carrying off foecal or
sewage matter shall have an opening within
the bakehouse.
Having considered the subject, the Vestry, upon the
recommendation of the Sanitary Committee, were of opinion
that some regulations of the nature of the above may
properly be applied to all bakehouses, and they therefore
resolved:—
That in cases where the same cistern supplies water
to the W.C. and for baking purposes, waste preventers or
otherwise, be required to be provided to secure a separate
supply.
That water closets directly communicating with bakehouses
or flour stores be done away with.