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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 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1894
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Mr. LIPTON, Preserved Fruit Manufacturer, Spa Road.—
Insufficient water-closet accommodation for workpeople,
defective drains.
Mr. PHILLIPS, Engineer, Salisbury Street.—Defective
drains, no urinal accommodation for workpeople, and waterclosets
defective.
Mr. HART, Engineer, Marigold Street.—Defective drains,
no urinal accommodation for workpeople, foul water-closet.
WORKSHOP, 1a, Chapel Place.—No water-closet
accommodation for workpeople, workshops dirty, defective
drains.
LINEN GOODS MANUFACTURER, 493, Southwark
Park Road.—Workroom overcrowded to the extent of 1,500
cubic feet.
CARPENTER'S SHOP, 183, Alderminster Road.—No
water-closet accommodation for workpeople, defective drains.
Messrs. REDMAN & NICHOLS, Tin-plate Works,
Hickman's Folly.—Sanitary condition good.
WOOD-CHOPPER'S, 35, 36, Hickman's Folly.—No
water-closet accommodation for workpeople.
Messrs WARNE & SON, Printers, 1a, Earl's Road.—
Sanitary condition good.
Mr. M. GARNAR, Leather Merchant, 2, Staple Street.—
Yard unpaved, water-closet defective and foul.
Messrs. BILLING, Printers, Lamb Alley.—Sanitary
condition good.
THE HOP TEA CO., 124, Spa Road.—Foul waterclosets
and urinal inside workroom.
Messrs. VALENTINE, Carmen, 124, Spa Road.—Foul
dung pit, no water-closet accommodation for workpeople,
defective drains.