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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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MRS. BOYCE, Dressmaker, 40, Layard Road. —Defective
flushing apparatus in water-closet repaired, workrooms cleansed,
yard and forecourt paved.
MR. FENTON, Tiemaker, 28, Layard Road.—Yard, forecourt
and wash-house paved.
LAUNDRY, 43, Layard Road.—Water-closet re-constructed,
sink waste pipe disconnected from drains, forecourt paved.
LAUNDRY, 3, Keetons Road. —Drains and water-closet reconstructed.
THE STAR BOTTLING COMPANY, Linsey Street.—
Bottling shop paved, drains trapped, water-closets and urinals
furnished with water supply and apparatus for flushing, drains
re-constructed, walls and floor of urinal rendered in cement, rain
water pipe disconnected from drains.
MESSRS. TODMAN, Electrical Engineers, 36, Bermondsey
Street.—Sanitary condition good.
THE NATURAL FOOD COMPANY, Southall Place.—
Water-closet re-constructed and furnished with water supply and
apparatus for flushing.
LEATHER WAREHOUSE, 44, Bermondsey Street.—Drains
and water-closet re-constructed, yard paved.
MESSRS. MESSER & THORPE, Engineers, Gedling Street.
—Drains re-constructed, urinals cleansed and furnished with water
supply and apparatus for flushing, workshops cleansed and whitewashed.
MR. MORGAN, Brush Maker, 216, Long Lane.—Workshops
cleansed and limewashed.
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