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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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TAILOR'S, 30, Keeton's Road.—Sanitary condition good.
WHEELWRIGHT'S, 2a, Ambrose Street.—No watercloset
accommodation for workpeople, defective drains.
Messrs. HARRIS & SON, Leather Merchants, Tyer's
Gateway.—lnsufficient water-closet accommodation, no catchpits
to prevent lime grounds entering sewer, yard and workshops
badly paved.
Miss CLARK, Dressmaker, 189, Fort Road.—Workroom
overcrowded.
Miss HAYES, 260, St. James' Road, Underlinen Manufacturer.—Workroom
overcrowded.
Messrs. GROVER & TAYLOR, Wheelwrights, 28, Abbey
Street. —Workshops dirty, water-closets foul and unventilated.
LEATHER MERCHANTS, 58, Long Walk.—Defective
drains, workshops dirty and unpaved, water-closets foul and
without water supply.
Mr. SMITH, Fellmonger, Horney Lane.—Water-closets
foul and unventilated, defective roof to water-closets.
Messrs. BOUTCHER, MORTIMER & CO., 18, White's
Grounds.—Water-closets badly ventilated, defective apparatus
in water-closets.
Messrs. MARSHALL, CLARKE & CO., Curriers, 45,
Grange Walk.—No catchpits to prevent foreign substances
entering sewer, workshops unpaved, water-closets badly
ventilated, defective drains.
Messrs. ROSS & CO., Leather Merchants, Wright's Buildings.—Drains
untrapped and unventilated, insufficient watercloset
accommodation for workpeople, no urinal accommodation.
Mr. SHEPHERD, Builder, 66, Bermondsey New Road.
—Sanitary condition good.
BRUSH FACTORY, 49, Bermondsey New Road.—Workrooms
dirty, water-closets foul and dilapidated.