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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. ELLIOTT, Engineer, 188, Long Lane.—Sanitary
condition good.
Messrs. MILES, DRUCE & CO., Tin Plate Workers, 206,
Long Lane.—Sanitary condition good.
Messrs. J. & H. ANDERSON, Curriers, 208, Long Lane. —
Workshops dirty, drains defective.
Messrs. GIBBS & Co., Leather Merchants, 236, Long
Lane.—Foul and unventilated water-closet, defective drains,
no catch pits for preventing lime from entering sewers.
Mr. SEATON, Engineer, 242, Long Lane.—Defective
drains, foul water-closet.
BOILER FACTORY, 60, Long Lane.—Drains untrapped.
Messrs. BEAN, WEBLEY & CO., Printers, Long Lane.—
Sanitary condition good.
LAUNDRY, 229, Long Lane.—Water-closet foul and
defective.
Messrs. CAHILL, BEEBE & CO., Fellmongers, Long
Lane.—Foul water-closet.
Messrs. GARNAR, Tanners, The Grange.—No catch pits
for preventing foreign substances entering the sewer.
Messrs. WHITMORE, The Grange.—Drains untrapped,
no catch pits for preventing foreign substances entering the
sewer, foul and defective drains.
SKIN WAREHOUSE, 90, Weston Street. —Workshop
paving defective.
Messrs. SALMON & CO., Weston Street.—Sanitary
condition good.
Mr. BAKER'S LEATHER FACTORY, Blue Anchor
Lane. —Workshops dirty, foul water-closet.
LEATHER FACTORY, 19, Blue Anchor Lane.—Foul
water-closet, and without water supply for flushing.