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Bermondsey 1911

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1911

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Table IX. —Proceedings during 1911.
Premises.
Number of Places
Number of
Inspections,
1911.
Number
of
Notices,
1911.
Number of
Prosecutions.
1911.
On Register
at end of
1910.
Added
in
1911.
Removed
in
1911.
On Register
at end of
1911.
27
1,118
Milk premises
35
294
-
286
10
20
1
3
1
-
Cowsheds
4
-
Slaughter-houses
1
-
-
1
23
2
-
2
-
Other offensive trade premises
13
-
13
-
195
-
-
144
-
5
139
12
Ice-cream premises
924
4
231
-
Registered houses let in lodgings
227
*(a) 10
*(b) 169
-
* (a) For overcrowding.
* (b) For other conditions.
Total number of Intimation Notices served for all purposes 3,403
Overcrowding, 1911—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 169
Number remedied 169
Number of prosecutions -
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year -
Number of rooms closed -
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 -
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act -
Number of premises cleansed under Section 20 of the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 -
Number closed under the Housing, Town Planning, Ac., Act, 1909 43
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Families 4
Number of persons accommodated during the year Adults 8
Children 11
Revenue Acts —
Number of houses for which applications were received during year -
Number of tenements for which certificates were granted -
Number of tenements for which certificates were deferred -
Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909, Sec. 35—
Number of houses for which applications were received during the year 1
Number of houses for which certificates were granted 1
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, &c. —
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any
manufactory, Ac. -
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious to
health —
(d) As to paving of yards, Ac., of dwelling houses
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, &c., 1
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, &c. —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, &c. -
( h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, &c.—
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets -
(j) With respect to drainage, &c. (Metropolis Management Act, Sec. 202) 2
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, & c. (Metropolis Management Acts
Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899) —
Mortuaries —
Total number of bodies removed 186
Total number of infectious bodies removed 5

Table IX.—Proceedings during 1911.

Premises.Number of PlacesNumber of Inspections, 1911.Number of Notices, 1911.Number of Prosecutions, 1911.
On Register at end of 1910.Added in 1911.Removed in 1911.On Register at end of 1911.
Milk premises28635272941,11810
Cowsheds413201
Slaughter-houses11232
Other offensive trade premises13132
Ice-cream premises144513919512
Registered houses let in lodgings2274231924*(a) 10
*(b) 169