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The impurities of the loaf
Andrew Wynter
CLM-BAKEHOUSE-001 · VERIFIED
Drain smells in a Victorian bakehouse
In an 1863 magazine article on impure bread, Andrew Wynter quoted a report describing a bakehouse where offensive smells from the drains were constantly drawn through the room by the oven's draught.
A Victorian article about bakehouse conditions of its time; it quotes a report rather than describing a visit by its author.
The statement the claim rests on was found word for word in the text of the cited page or chapter of the digitised source, fetched from the named service, and an editor read that whole text against every part of the claim. The passage is cited by its locator; SmellBook does not reproduce the passage. Source text from Wikisource (proofread transcription).
- The impurities of the loaf, p. 553 Printed page 553 is image 561 of the digitised volume, in the issue of 9 May 1863.
Time described: 1863-05-09. The passage states no time; the source's publication date is used as the latest possible time it describes. Checked 2026-10-05.
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