Bakehouses in Finsbury : a special report under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, Sections 97-102 / by George Newman.
- Finsbury (London, England). Public Health Committee.
- Date:
- 1902
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Bakehouses in Finsbury : a special report under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, Sections 97-102 / by George Newman. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![laid down certain conditions respecting new liakehoiises (which were not so occupied before June 1, 1883). These conditions included general sanitary fitness, and clauses relating to Avater- closets, cisterns and drains opening in the Bakehouse. The substance of these clauses appeared in all subsequent legislation. The Factory & Workshop Act, 1891, and the Public Health (London) Act of the same year, increased the poAvers of entry and enforcement of such measures as would secure improved sanitary conditions in -Bakehouses, and in 1895 another Factory t'v: Workshop Act Avas passed AA'hich emphasized the sanitary ]AroAusions of the Act of 1883, and also incorporated the folloAving clause respecting Underground Bakehouses :— Section 27 (3) “A ])lace underground shall not be used as a “ bakehouse unless it is so used at the commencement of this “ Act [?.c., January 1, 1896], and if any place is so used in “ contravention of this Act it shall be deemed to be a Avorkshop “ not kept in conformity Avith the principal Act.” Under this Section it Avas the intention of the Legislature to enable Sanitary Authorities from time to time to close insanitary Underground Bakehouses on vacation of premises. Since 1896 there has been a considerable number of closures of such Bakehouses in this district of London. We now come to the present legislation as represented in the Factory & Workshop Act, 1901. Before referring in detail to the “ new ” regulations it may be pointed out that the legislation noAv in force in the Act of 1901 is not, as some persons haAX suggested, a new departure. It is the ultimate and logical conclusion of the legislation, respecting Bakehouses, of the last 40 years. The main sanitary ])i'Ovisions have in fact been in force, in a greater or lesser degree under the jurisdiction of the Home Office or the Local Authority, since 1863. Even the restrictions noAv ])laced upon Undei’ground Bakehouses Avere foreshadoAved in 1895.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22401192_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
