Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1914
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Table XII.—Sanitary Work, 1914.
Mr.
Grice.
Mr.
Wood
Mr.
Merryman.
Mr.
Toogood.
Mr.
Freeman.
Mr.
Golds.
Mr.
Pitts
Mr.
Cockburn.
Total
349
407
423
307 2
Houses or paits of houses cleansed or repaired
438
333
3 11
381
450
29
2
6
62
W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed
12
12
1
...
...
107
112
119
W.C's repaired, ventilated and whitewashed
74
76
111
12
32
6 43
33
40
96
264
Closets panned and trapped, or old pans cleansed or new ones fixed
7
12
27
10
39
33
276
Closets supplied with water, or defective water supplies remedied
2 9
78
1
62
22
27
24
Defective drains reconstructed, repaired, ventilated and trapped
8 9
64
71
159
56
51
593
4 6
57
67
66
29
46
14
Stopped drains and w.c's cleared
38
52
45
357
126
116
Yards and forecourts paved or paving repaired
39
24
80
44
67
154
650
Houses supplied with water
8
2
9
8 9
21
1
3
42
3
136
76
82
Defective roofs repaired
107
77
73
104
49
704
Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped or disconnected
from drain
63
82
116
53
90
31
72
44
551
15
26
6
11
Offensive accumulations removed
13
11
7
5
94
Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s repaired
30
72
45
3
44
7
55
27
283
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance removed
4
1
3
14
3
1
2
...
...
1
6
6
33
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors
5
8
4
2
1
Stables and other premises drained and paved
5
2
1
9
1
5
23
...
...
Waste-water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge
in the open air, and new waste pipes provided
68
8
26
3
17
2
24
123
271
Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor
6
2
11
7
26
...
...
...
...
Dung receptacles provided or repaired
2
2
3
5
2
14
...
...
...
Accumulations of manure removed
9
3
1
2
5
20
...
...
...
1
1
Separating w.c. and domestic water supplies
...
...
...
...
64
...
...
38
Effective means taken to prevent dampness
22
87
34
11
64
23
25
304
13
16
2
10
58
1
100
Yards cleansed
...
...
Means of ventilation provided, or improvement in ventilation made
50
53
78
9
4
217
3
20
..
27
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided
5
4
8
3
3
50
...
...
1
Cowsheds cleansed
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
Miscellaneous
135
83
38
27
59
650
61
75
172
148
164
137
185
1061
Drains tested
42
119
191
75
Rooms disinfected 2,239
Post-mortem examinations 133
Articles disinfected 28,986
Bodies removed to mortuary 195
Inquests 165
Table XII.—Sanitary Work, 1914.
Mr. Grice. | Mr. Wood | Mr. Merryman. | Mr. Toogood. | Mr. Freeman. | Mr. Golds. | Mr. Pitts | Mr. Cockburn. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houses or paits of houses cleansed or repaired | 349 | 407 | 423 | 450 | 438 | 333 | 311 | 381 | 3072 |
W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed | 12 | 29 | 12 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 62 |
W.C's repaired, ventilated and whitewashed | 74 | 107 | 112 | 76 | 111 | 12 | 32 | 119 | 643 |
Closets panned and trapped, or old pans cleansed or new ones fixed | 7 | 33 | 12 | 40 | 27 | 96 | 10 | 39 | 264 |
Closets supplied with water, or defective water supplies remedied | 29 | 78 | 1 | 62 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 33 | 276 |
Defective drains reconstructed, repaired, ventilated and trapped | 46 | 57 | 89 | 64 | 71 | 159 | 56 | 51 | 593 |
Stopped drains and w.c's cleared | 38 | 67 | 52 | 66 | 29 | 45 | 46 | 14 | 357 |
Yards and forecourts paved or paving repaired | 39 | 24 | 126 | 80 | 44 | 67 | 154 | 116 | 650 |
Houses supplied with water | 21 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 89 |
Defective roofs repaired | 107 | 77 | 73 | 104 | 136 | 49 | 76 | 82 | 704 |
Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped or disconnected from drain | 72 | 63 | 82 | 44 | 116 | 53 | 90 | 31 | 551 |
Offensive accumulations removed | 15 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 94 |
Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s repaired | 30 | 72 | 45 | 3 | 44 | 7 | 55 | 27 | 283 |
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance removed | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 33 |
Stables and other premises drained and paved | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 23 |
Waste-water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air, and new waste pipes provided | 3 | 17 | 68 | 2 | 24 | 123 | 8 | 26 | 271 |
Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 7 | 26 |
Dung receptacles provided or repaired | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 14 |
Accumulations of manure removed | ... | 9 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 20 |
Separating w.c. and domestic water supplies | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Effective means taken to prevent dampness | 22 | 87 | 34 | 11 | 64 | 23 | 25 | 38 | 304 |
Yards cleansed | 10 | 13 | 58 | ... | 16 | ... | 1 | 2 | 100 |
Means of ventilation provided, or improvement in ventilation made | 3 | 20 | 50 | 53 | 78 | .. | 9 | 4 | 217 |
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 27 | ... | 3 | ... | 50 |
Cowsheds cleansed | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Miscellaneous | 61 | 75 | 172 | 135 | 83 | 38 | 27 | 59 | 650 |
Drains tested | 42 | 148 | 119 | 164 | 137 | 191 | 75 | 185 | 1061 |