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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. COOK, Confectioner, 124, Spa Road.—Workshops
dirty, insufficient water-closet accommodation for workpeople.
Mr. WILKINSON, 124, Spa Road.—Workshops dirty,
insufficient water-closet accommodation for workpeople.
BAG MAKERS, 48, Bermondsey Wall.—Drinking water
connected with water-closet, foul and defective water-closet.
WOOD-CHOPPER'S, 42, Bermondsey Wall.— Workshops
dirty, defective flushing apparatus in water-closet,
defective paving in workshops.
Mr. DAVIES, 117, Bermondsey New Road.—No watercloset
accommodation for workpeople.
WOOD-CHOPPERS adjoining 60, New Church Street.—
No water-closet accommodation for workpeople, workshop
unpaved, no receptacle for dung, stables unpaved and
undrained. (These premises are closed).
Messrs. BEDFORD, STEER & CO., Wire Works,
Long Lane.—Sanitary condition good.
Messrs. EDWARDS & CO., Hatters, 132, Long Lane.—
Drains and water-closets foul and defective, the W.C being
in direct communication with the workroom, workshops dirty.
Mr. UTTLEY, Confectioner, Winter Square.—Workrooms
dirty.
Mr. HARTEL, Tailor, 154, Long Lane.—Sanitary
condition good.
Messrs.WALLACE, BAILEY & CO., Leather Merchants,
174-176, Long Lane.—Sanitary condition good.
DRESSMAKERS, 178, Long Lane.—Sanitary condition
good.
CAMP STOOL MAKERS, 156, Long Lane.—Sanitary
condition good.