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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bermondsey 1940

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1940

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RAG FLOCK ACT, 1911 AND PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON)
ACT, 1936:—
There are four premises in the District where rag flock is
used and six inspections were made during the year.
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919—
No notices were served under this Act.
WATER SUPPLY—
Most of the houses in the borough have the water supply
either on the ground floor or in the yard, and many of these
houses are inhabitated by more than one family. Water
supply has been installed on one of the storeys of two tenement
houses, after service of notices.
WATER CLOSET ACCOMMODATION—
Every inhabited house in the borough has one water-closet,
which is, in many cases, shared by two or more families. Many
of the flats have one water-closet to two families.