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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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BER 16
MR. GRIEVES, Leather Merchant, Decima Street.—Workshops
paved, drains trapped, workshops cleansed and limewashed,
defective flushing apparatus in water-closets repaired.
MR. MORRIS, Leather Merchant, Wyld's Rents.—Drains
and water-closets re-constructed and trapped, workrooms cleansed,
catch pits emptied and cleansed.
MR. ROGERS, Bicycle Maker, 134, Bermondsey Street.—
Drains and water-closets re-constructed.
MESSRS. BACON, Leather Merchants, Royal Oak Yard.—
Water-closets cleansed and furnished with water supply and
apparatus for flushing, drains trapped.
MESSRS. SIMMONDS, Perambulator Makers, Tanner
Street.—Walls and ceilings of workrooms cleansed, additional
water-closet accommodation provided for men and women, drains
trapped, urinal cleansed and furnished with water supply and
apparatus for flushing.
MR. SMITH, Leather Merchant, 60, Tanner Street —Water-
closets cleansed, urinal and water-closets furnished with water
supply and apparatus for flushing, workshops cleansed and whitewashed.
THE LONDON VAN CO., Snowsfields.—Water-closet walls
rendered in cement, drinking water separated from cistern over
water-closet so as to be drawn direct from main, urinal furnished
with water supply and apparatus for flushing.
MR. JAS. MUDDITT, Leather Merchant, 24, Pages Walk.—
Walls and ceilings of workrooms cleansed, yard paved, waterclosets
cleansed and furnished with water supply and apparatus
for flushing, old wooden workshop pulled down, new brick one
erected, stables drained and dung pit provided.
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