Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1892
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MR. HARTEL, Wholesale Tailor, 154, Long Lane.—One
additional water-closet provided for use of women.
C. MANGOLD, Fur Dresser, 11, Grange Walk.—Water-closet
removed outside the workshops, new water-closet provided, workshops
cleansed and whitewashed, drinking water altered so as to be
drawn direct from the main instead of from foul cistern.
MR.NORTON, Accoutrement Manufacturer, 25, Leroy Street.—
Water-closets reconstructed, ventilated and furnished with water
supply and apparatus for flushing.
MESSRS. ROSS & CO., Trunk and Bag Makers, Wright's
Buildings —Water-closets removed outside workshops, two additional
water-closets provided for use of women and two for men,
furnished with syphonic and automatic flushing apparatus, suitable
urinal accommodation provided for men.
MESSRS. SAMUEL & ROSENFIELD, Furriers, Homey
Lane.—Old water-closets (two) removed outside workshops,
and two additional water-closets erected with washout soil
pans, syphonic flushing apparatus, and ventilated by means of
louver boards in the roof, the drains reconstructed with intercepting
trap, inspection chambers and ventilation. The workshops
ventilated through the roof by means of louver boards and other
openings ; the overcrowding abated.
MR. JAS. BARROW, Leather Merchant, Weston Street.—
Drains reconstructed with intercepting trap, inspection chamber,
and requisite means of ventilation. Flushing apparatus in watercloset
repaired.
MESSRS. BEACH, Leather Manufacturers, Willow Walk.—
Old privies abolished. Four water-closets constructed with water
supply and apparatus for flushing, and means of ventilation.
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