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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. SOUTHWELL & CO., Jam and Preserve-
Makers, Jacob Street.-Insufficient water-closet accommodation
for workpeople, dung pit not in accordance with London
County Council Bye-laws.
Mr. COLEMAN, Veterinary Surgeon, 1, Russell Street.—
No water-closet accommodation for workpeople, defective
drains.
Mr. HARBORD, Millband Manufacturer, Millstream
Road. —Sanitary condition good.
Mr. WHITE, Leather Merchant, 12, 14, Abbey Street.—
Workshops dirty.
Mr. WERBROUCK, Fur Dresser, 140, Abbey Street.—
Water-closets dirty and dilapidated, soil pipes unventilated.
Mr. OGG, Saw Mills, 6, Drummond Road.-lnsufficient
water-closet accommodation for workpeople, defective drains,
soil pipe unventilated, yard paving defective, rain water and
sink waste pipes connected with drains.
LAUNDRY, 202 Drummond Road.—Sanitary condition
good.
Mr. TOMLIN, Leather Merchant, Black Swan Yard.—
No catch pits to prevent foreign substances entering the
sewer, drains untrapped.
Mr. BLACKMORE, Leather Merchant, Bermondsey
Street.-Insufficient water-closet accommodation for workpeople,
catch-pits defective.
Mr. CLEGG, Leather Merchant, Wild's Rents.—No
water to water-closets, defective paving in dye room and
workshops.
Mr. WADE, Leather Merchant, Wild's Rents.—Defective
paving in dye room and workshops.
Messrs. JOHNSON, COLE & CO., Galley Wall Road.—
No catch-pits to prevent foreign substances entering sewer.