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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 1892
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1892
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TABLE IV. —Continued.
Lots of fowls which were a nuisance, removed
18
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed
16
Urinals and other offensive places cleansed
39
Slaughter-houses inspected and licensed
8
Cow-houses inspected and licensed
7
Bakehouses inspected
82
Cellar flaps repaired
15
Stables and other premises drained
29
Old brick drains relaid with stoneware glazed pipes
83
Waste water pipes disconnected from drains and made to
discharge in the open air
16o
For providing the requisite means of ventilation by means of
excavating underground floors and inserting air bricks
513
For separating the water used for flushing w.c.'s. from that
used for ordinary purposes
826
Houses inspected where infectious diseases occurred
1001
Letters written to owners, agents, and others ...
897
Persons suffering from infectious diseases removed to Hospital
349
Dead bodies removed from rooms to mortuary
15
99 Summonses taken out before Police Magistrates for not
complying with orders of the Vestry. (Fines inflicted
£161 ios. and £6 7s. costs)
Food destroyed—1 basket apples; 6 boxes oranges; 8 pieces
beef; 500 cocoanuts; 3 baskets cherries; 1 bag mussels;
13 barrels of grapes; 1 bag whelks
Window Sashes made to open
79
Windows made to open for ventilation
591
For ventilating drains
591
Notices served for abatement of smoke
118
Summonses for abatement of smoke (Fines £15, cost 125.) ...
7
HENRY THOMAS, Sanitary Inspector.
TABLE IV. —Continued.
| Lots of fowls which were a nuisance, removed | 18 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed | 16 |
| Urinals and other offensive places cleansed | 39 |
| Slaughter-houses inspected and licensed | 8 |
| Cow-houses inspected and licensed | 7 |
| Bakehouses inspected | 82 |
| Cellar flaps repaired | 15 |
| Stables and other premises drained | 29 |
| Old brick drains relaid with stoneware glazed pipes | 83 |
| Waste water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air | 16o |
| For providing the requisite means of ventilation by means of excavating underground floors and inserting air bricks | 513 |
| For separating the water used for flushing w.c.'s. from that used for ordinary purposes | 826 |
| Houses inspected where infectious diseases occurred | 1001 |
| Letters written to owners, agents, and others ... | 897 |
| Persons suffering from infectious diseases removed to Hospital | 349 |
| Dead bodies removed from rooms to mortuary | 15 |
| 99 Summonses taken out before Police Magistrates for not complying with orders of the Vestry. (Fines inflicted £161 ios. and £6 7s. costs) | |
| Food destroyed—1 basket apples; 6 boxes oranges; 8 pieces beef; 500 cocoanuts; 3 baskets cherries; 1 bag mussels; 13 barrels of grapes; 1 bag whelks | |
| Window Sashes made to open | 79 |
| Windows made to open for ventilation | 591 |
| For ventilating drains | 591 |
| Notices served for abatement of smoke | 118 |
| Summonses for abatement of smoke (Fines £15, cost 125.) ... | 7 |