Annual report for 1894 of the Medical Officer of Health.

  • Southwark (London, England). Parish. Vestry.
Date:
1895
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Credit: Annual report for 1894 of the Medical Officer of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    52 Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark. Regulations for Bakehouses, Factory and Workshop Act, 1878 and Factory and Workshop Amendment Act, 1883. 1st.—All the inside walls of the rooms of such Bakehouse, and all the ceilings or tops of such rooms (whether such walls, ceilings, or tops be plastered or not) and all the passages and staircases of such Bakehouse shall either be painted with oil or varnished, or be limewashed, or be partly painted or varnished, and partly lime washed; where painted with oil or varnished, there shall be three coats of paint or varnish, and the paint or varnish shall be renewed once at least in every seven years, and shall be washed with hot water and soap once at least in every six months ; where limewashed, the limewashing shall be renewed once at least in every six months. A Bakehouse in which there is any contravention of this Section shall be deemed not to be kept in conformity with this Act. 2nd.—A place on the same level with a Bakehouse, and forming part of the same building, shall not be used as a sleeping place unless it is constructed as follows:— that is to say, unless it is effectually separated from an external glazed window of at least nine superficial feet in area, of which at least four and a half superficial feet are made to open for ventilation. Any person who lets or occupies, or continues to let or knowingly suffers to be occupied, any place contrary to this Section, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding for the first offence, twenty shillings, and for every subsequent offence five pounds. The Factory 3rd.—It shall not be lawful to let or suffer to be occupied as a Bake and Work- shop Act,1883 house, or to occupy as a Bakehouse, any room or place which was not so let or occupied before the 1st June, 1883, unless the following Regula tions are complied with :— (a) No water closet, earth closet, privy or ashpit shall be within or communicate directly with the Bakehouse. (b) Any cistern for supplying water to the Bakehouse shall be separate and distinct from any cistern for supplying water to a water closet. (c) No drain or pipe for carrying off faecal or sewage matter shall have an opening within the Bakehouse. 4th.—Any room or place used as a Bakehouse (whether the same was or was not so used before the passing of this Act) is in such a state as to be, on sanitary grounds, unfit for use or occupation as a Bakehouse, the occupier of the Bakehouse shall be liable to a fine of forty shillings, and on a second or any subsequent convic tion, five pounds. 5th.—Every person refusing or failing to allow the Sanitary Authority or their Officer to enter any premises in pursuance of those provisions, for the purpose of this Section, shall be subject to a fine of five pounds. FREDK. J. WALDO, M.D., D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health. N.B.—The Medical Officer of Health requests that the cleansing shall take ulace in April and October of each year.