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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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MR. M. GARNAR, Leather Merchant, Staple Street. —Work-
shops cleansed, limewashed and ventilated, flushing apparatus in
water-closet repaired, floors of workroom re-paved.
MESSRS. G. W. ALMOND & CO., Government Accoutrement
Manufacturers, Willow Walk.—Workshops cleansed and
limewashed, drains trapped, additional water-closet accommodation
provided for workpeople, urinals cleansed and furnished with water
supply and apparatus for flushing, flushing apparatus in waterclosets
repaired.
MESSRS. SAMUEL BARROW & CO., The Grange.—Old
privies abolished and suitable stoneware glazed trough waterclosets
and urinals constructed with water supply and apparatus
for flushing.
MR. BURGESS, Leather Merchant, Brandon Street.—Old
wooden water-closet abolished and a suitable brick one erected
with new pan, water supply and apparatus for flushing.
WM. SHEPHERD, Builder, 66, Bermondsey New Road.—
Defective flushing apparatus in water-closet repaired, foul pans
cleansed, urinal furnished with water supply and apparatus for
flushing.
MR. SHAW, Leather Merchant, Wyld's Rent.—Drains
trapped, workshops paved, rain-water pipes disconnected from
drains, water-closet re-constructed and furnished with water supply
and apparatus for flushing, workshops cleansed and limewashed.
MR. BOLCH. —Leather Merchant, Wyld's Rents. —Workshops
cleansed and limewashed.
MR. CLEGG, Leather Merchant, Wyld's Rents.—Drains
trapped, doors provided and fixed to water-closets, workshops
paved, defective flushing apparatus in water-closets repaired.
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