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A child, aged one day, which was born and died
in the General Lying-in Hospital, was credited to
us as being a parishioner of Bermondsey.
SANITARY WORK.
Details of sanitary work are given in Table IV.
Houses in Turner's Court, Jacob Street, Metcalfe
Court, and London Street, after inspection by the
Medical Officer, have been closed under the Housing
of the Working Classes Act, 1890, as being
"so dangerous or injurious to health as to be
unfit for human habitation."
Various trade nuisances have been abated; one
which seriously affected the Rolls Road Board
School was caused by the South Eastern Railway
Company. The managers of that school having
endeavoured to obtain some abatement of the
nuisance without success, applied to your Medical
Officer, who had an interview with the parties concerned,
and succeeded in obtaining its removal
without litigation.
Several Board Schools have been visited, and
any defects that were met with were reported.
Under the Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1890,
nearly 600 houses were examined and certified as
being so constructed as to afford suitable accommodation
for the families inhabiting them, and that
due provision was made for their sanitary requirements.
In several instances these inspections by
the Medical Officer led to an improved condition
of the premises.
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