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Bermondsey 1911

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

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Totals.
1,401
81
9
6
20
42
211
291
131
27
3
868
1,902
27
448
189
161
509
260
452
31
748
496
64
182
17
38
9
Mr.
Cockburn.
234
...
Post-mortem examinations 115
Bodies removed to mortuary 186
256
2
55
73
15
69
16
69
4
55
39
5
12
1
14
2
15
7
7
30
23
5
...
...
1
29
Mr.
Pitts.
...
70
74
...
18
...
1
44
8
24
9
58
32
6
15
1
1
3
...
...
...
...
...
5
4
7
1
...
39
...
Mr.
Townsend.
...
134
...
...
...
64
...
21
...
9
41
7
16
5
26
19
3
1
3
...
1
33
12
11
2
32
Mr.
Bartlett.
127
6
2
127
2
13
6
8
49
27
42
2
63
16
2
16
1
2
...
10
...
2
...
1
1
...
5
1
Mr.
Freeman.
52
33
2
297
284
6
35
7
8
121
39
53
5
170
76
8
56
2
8
2
18
2
3
3
1
53
1
237
Note.—Mr. Townsend left the Council's service on May 8th
Mr.
Toogood.
...
...
82
...
6
12
20
4
78
78
339
31
53
72
27
65
51
5
101
57
...
3
4
1
10
...
21
Mr. Pitts commenced duties as Sanitary Inspector on September 4th.
...
Mr.
Merryman.
...
116
10
2
...
9
3
14
3
29
1
...
193
188
2
64
17
6
67
20
65
1
95
60
27
2
...
...
Table XII.— Sanitary Work, 1911.
Mr.
Wood.
...
108
...
18
10
52
3
36
4
3
6
...
1
10
85
146
225
15
113
19
62
44
...
64
1
37
1
1
Mr.
Grice.
...
...
...
...
...
122
116
145
27
19
3
6
7
29
107
30
11
...
112
233
345
98
15
23
29
34
...
1
Houses or parts of houses cleansed or repaired
Closets panned and trapped, or old pans cleansed or new ones fixed
Drains tested
Rooms disinfected 1,130
Articles disinfected 14,360
Inquests 138
Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped, or disconnected from
drain
Defective water apparatus in w.c.s repaired
W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed
Offensive accumulations removed
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance removed
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors
Waste-water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open
air, and new waste pipes provided
Separating w.c. and domestic water supplies
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided
Cowsheds cleansed
Miscellaneous
Closets supplied with water, or defective water supplies remedied
Stopped drains and w.c.s cleared
Houses supplied with water
Defective roofs repaired
Stables and other premises drained and paved
Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor
Accumulations of manure removed
Effective means taken to prevent dampness
Yards cleansed
Means of ventilation provided, or improvement in ventilation made
W.C.s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed
Yards and forecourts paved or paving repaired
Dung receptacles provided or repaired
Defective drains reconstructed, repaired, ventilated, and trapped

Table XII.—Sanitary Work, 1911.

Mr. Grice.Mr. Wood.Mr. Merryman.Mr. Toogood.Mr. Freeman.Mr. Bartlett.Mr. Townsend.Mr. Pitts.Mr. Cockburn.Totals.
Houses or parts of houses cleansed or repaired34522518833928412764742561,902
W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed...152...62......227
W.C.s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed9811364313513211855448
Closets panned and trapped, or old pans cleansed or new ones fixed1518175376......73189
Closets supplied with water, or defective water supplies remedied2319672889115161
Defective drains reconstructed, repaired, ventilated, and trapped2962672712149414469509
Stopped drains and w.c.s cleared3444206539277816260
Yards and forecourts paved or paving repaired1221065515342246945216
Houses supplied with water......155259431
Defective roofs repaired116649510117063265855748
Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped, or disconnected from drain1455260577616193239496
Offensive accumulations removed27310...8236564
Defective water apparatus in w.c.s repaired193627...561611512182
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance removed342321...1117
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors612482...11438
Stables and other premises drained and paved13...12.........29
Waste-water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air, and new waste pipes provided769101810331581
Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor............2.........79
Dung receptacles provided or repaired............321......6
Accumulations of manure removed...1363.........720
Separating w.c. and domestic water supplies...10......11......3042
Effective means taken to prevent dampness2937141252633523211
Yards cleansed107853215311245291
Means of ventilation provided, or improvement in ventilation made301292033...117...131
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided111142521...27
Cowsheds cleansed............11......13
Miscellaneous112146193782372323929868
Drains tested23310811682297127134702341,401