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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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60, SNOWSFIELDS.—Workshop cleansed and whitewashed.
MESSRS. CHEVERTON, Leather Manufacturers, Tyer's
Gateway.—Soil pans cleansed, flushing apparatus repaired, one
additional water-closet provided for women.
MESSRS. E. & T. PINK, Jam Manufacturers, Staple Street.—
Workshops repaved, cleansed and whitewashed, water-closets and
urinals cleansed, flushing apparatus repaired, drains trapped,
the old iron troughs removed, and stone glazed substituted, furnished
with automatic flushing apparatus.
MESSRS. GRIFFITHS, Paint Manufacturers, Macks Road.—
Flushing apparatus in water-closets repaired.
MESSRS. SPENCER, Leather and Bag Manufacturers,
Crimscott Street.—Drains trapped, workshops cleansed and whitewashed,
separate water-closet accommodation allocated for women.
MESSRS. BLOOR & HEAL, Curriers, Kintore Street, Workshops
drained, paved, cleansed and whitewashed.
SCOTT'S COOPERAGE, Cherry Garden Street. —Drains
reconstructed with intercepting trap, inspection chamber and
requisite means of ventilation, one new water-closet and urinal
erected for workmen.
WILSONS' COOPERAGE, Tanner Street.—Water-closets reconstructed
and furnished with water supply and apparatus for
flushing.
MR. VALE, Glass Blower, Flockton Street.—Water-closet reconstructed
and furnished with water supply and apparatus for
flushing.
MESSRS. GIBB, Leather Manufacturers, Long Lane.—Waterclosets
reconstructed and furnished with water supply and apparatus
for flushing, interceptor fixed in drains to prevent sewer gas entering
workshops, with inspection chamber and requisite means of
Ventilation.
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