A bearing housing 1 is designed to accommodate a bearing 4 within its outer walls 3. The bearing 4 upon rotation generates a centrifugally dispersed oil spray from its peripheral edge 7 and this spray is collected upon a facing surface of the wall 3. An out-take 6 has a relatively wide chordal arc opening across which a baffle 8 is presented such that there is a spaced opening 10 between a leading edge 9 of the baffle and a portion 3a of the housing 1. In such circumstances oil is scavenged from adjacent to the inner surface of the wall 3 in order to facilitate oil flow through the bearing 4 and out of the housing 1 such that it has a reduced residence time within the bearing 4/housing 1 and so is less susceptible to temperature induced degradation.