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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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Messrs. PETTITT, Wool-rug Manufacturers, Blue Anchor
Lane.—Workrooms dirty, water-closets foul and unVentilated,
insufficient water-closet accommodation, yard badly paved.
Messrs. LILLYWHITE, Farriers, 4, Blue Anchor Lane. —
Sanitary condition good.
Mr. DIXON, Builder, 3b, Blue Anchor Lane.—Sanitary
condition good.
Mr. HIGGINS, Manure Merchant, 17, Gratwick Street.—
Yard dirty and badly paved, offensive accumulation of
manure, foul water-closet, no water for flushing.
Messrs. SPICER & CO., 73, Weston Street.—Watercloset
defective and unventilated.
Messrs. VOSS & SON, Leather Merchants, Weston
Street.—Sanitary condition, good.
Messrs. DAVIES & SON, Blacklead Merchants, 109,
Weston Street.—lnsufficient water-closet accommodation for
workpeople, dung pit without cover, drains defective.
BOOTMAKERS, 191 a, Weston Street.—Sanitary condition,
good.
Messrs. DOGGETT & CO., Leather Merchants, 217,
Weston Street.—Sanitary condition, good.
Messrs. DOYLE & SON, Engineers, 237, Weston Street.
—Drains defective and unventilated.
Mr. HAYLOCK, Laundry, 245, Weston Street.—No
separate water-closet accommodation for workpeople.
BOOTMAKERS, 82, East Lane.—Sanitary condition
good.
DYER & CLEANERS, 12, Galley Wall Road,—Defective
drains, and gutters, drinking water connected with cistern over
water-closet.
LAUNDRY, 22, Drummond Road.—Defective drains,
and roof, yard badly paved, drinking water connected with
water-closet.
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