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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 1890
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1890
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the average, but in the last three months it was 3.6
inches below it.
The water supplied by the Southward Company
was clear and transparent throughout the year.
Thanking the Vestry for the support which I
have received in the discharge of my duties.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN DIXON, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
133, Jamaica Road, Bermondsey.