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Cow-houses.—These were inspected at the same time as the
Slaughter-houses. They were 19; 11 in the upper Wards, and
8 in the lower, and were kept by 17 cow-keepers. The cows
numbered 248; 129 in the Upper Wards, and 119 in the lower.
The cow-houses were mostly in very good order, a few defects
in paving and cementing being noticed; and in one, insufficient
ventilation. The cows were very fine animals, and in excellent
condition.
Bake-houses.—By the Factory and Workshop Act, 1883,
the duty of enforcing the provisions of the Act in regard to
bake-houses, has been withdrawn from the Government
Inspector, and transferred to the Local Authority, i.e., the Vestry,
and, by the same Act, certain regulations were laid down, in
regard to new bake-houses. These were:—1, that no watercloset,
earth-closet, privy, or ash-pit, shall be within or communicate
directly with the bake-house; 2, that any cistern for
supplying water to the bake-house, shall bo separate and
distinct from any cistern for supplying water to a water-closet;
and 3, that no drain or pipe for carrying off fæcal or sewage
matter shall shall have an opening within the bake-house.
Although those regulations did not refer to existing bakehouses,
the latter were carefully examined in regard to their
state in these respects.
They were inspected on the 19th of December last year, and
January 14th of the present.
They were (60 in all; 31 in the Upper Wards, and 29 in the
lower. Many were in excellent order; some required limewhiting,
the dirty appearance usually arising from gas smoke.
In one, a W.C. was found in a loft, in close proximity to sacks
of flour; in two cases, W.C.'s were found in outlets of bakehouses;
and in one, the ventilating window opened directly into
the bake-house; the closets were trapped. In another case,
these was a powerful effluvium of sower gas from a sink, provided
with a perfect cover, but its action was, prevented by pieces of
rubbish.