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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 1893
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1893
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TABLE IV. —Continued.
Bakehouses inspected
86
Stables and other premises drained
1
Old brick drains relaid with stoneware glazed pipes
143
Waste water pipes disconnected from drains and made to
discharge in the open air
366
For providing the requisite means of ventilation by means of
excavating underground floors and inserting air bricks
1601
For separating the water used for flushing w.c.'s. from that
used for ordinary purposes
2992
Houses inspected where infectious diseases occurred ... ...
1002
Letters written to owners, agents, and others
988
Persons suffering from infectious diseases removed to Hospital
448
Dead bodies removed from rooms to mortuary
70
68 Summonses taken out before Police Magistrates for not
complying with orders of the Vestry. (Fines inflicted
£133 and £11 13s. 6d. costs)
Food destroyed—I bag of whelks; 5 bags of cocoanuts ; 10
geese ; 20 bags of walnuts ; 8 bags of chesnuts; 279
boxes of grapes ; 46 baskets of French plums; 3 quarters
of beef; 954 packages of plums (weight 6 tons);
1 hand of salt pork; 1 bag of mussels; 10 boxes of
grapes; 4 boxes of kippers; a quantity of salt beef; 2
baskets of cherries ; 8 fowls.
Window Sashes made to open
131
Windows made to open for ventilation
109
For ventilating drains
920
Notices served for abatement of smoke
75
Summonses for abatement of smoke (Fines £50, cost £2 75.)
17
Summonses for recovery of trade refuse account
5
Certificates given under Section 48 of the Public Health Act
24
Underground rooms illegally occupied
5
Inquests held
100
Post-mortems
89
Lots of bedding, &c., disinfected in disinfecting chamber,
consisting of 9,737 articles
674
xxi
TABLE IV. —Continued.
| Bakehouses inspected | 86 |
| Stables and other premises drained | 1 |
| Old brick drains relaid with stoneware glazed pipes | 143 |
| Waste water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air | 366 |
| For providing the requisite means of ventilation by means of excavating underground floors and inserting air bricks | 1601 |
| For separating the water used for flushing w.c.'s. from that used for ordinary purposes | 2992 |
| Houses inspected where infectious diseases occurred ... ... | 1002 |
| Letters written to owners, agents, and others | 988 |
| Persons suffering from infectious diseases removed to Hospital | 448 |
| Dead bodies removed from rooms to mortuary | 70 |
| 68 Summonses taken out before Police Magistrates for not complying with orders of the Vestry. (Fines inflicted £133 and £11 13s. 6d. costs) | |
| Food destroyed—I bag of whelks; 5 bags of cocoanuts ; 10 geese ; 20 bags of walnuts ; 8 bags of chesnuts; 279 boxes of grapes ; 46 baskets of French plums; 3 quarters of beef; 954 packages of plums (weight 6 tons); 1 hand of salt pork; 1 bag of mussels; 10 boxes of grapes; 4 boxes of kippers; a quantity of salt beef; 2 baskets of cherries ; 8 fowls. | |
| Window Sashes made to open | 131 |
| Windows made to open for ventilation | 109 |
| For ventilating drains | 920 |
| Notices served for abatement of smoke | 75 |
| Summonses for abatement of smoke (Fines £50, cost £2 75.) | 17 |
| Summonses for recovery of trade refuse account | 5 |
| Certificates given under Section 48 of the Public Health Act | 24 |
| Underground rooms illegally occupied | 5 |
| Inquests held | 100 |
| Post-mortems | 89 |
| Lots of bedding, &c., disinfected in disinfecting chamber, consisting of 9,737 articles | 674 |