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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 1895
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1895
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TABLE 111.
SANITARY WORK
From Lady-day, 1895, to Lady-day, 1896.
Houses, &c., inspected and reported to the Vestry by the Medical
Officer of Health, and the Sanitary Inspector.
Houses and other places inspected
6240
Notices and intimations served
4611
Re-inspections
15928
Houses in a dirty and dilapidated condition, cleansed and
repaired, etc.
632
Houses disinfected, cleansed and purified
520
Houses disinfected to satisfaction of Medical Attendant
61
Cases of overcrowding abated
134
Houses closed as unfit for habitation
28
W.C.'s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed
Closets panned and trapped or old pans cleansed or new ones
fixed
1060
Closets supplied with water
196
Defective drains reconstructed and ventilated
929
Stopped drains cleared
141
Untrapped sinks trapped
218
Cesspools emptied, cleansed and filled up with dry rubbish
3
Yards and forecourts paved
1590
Reconstructed drains and branches tested with water
2870
Houses supplied with water
29
Defective roofs repaired
343
Defective rain-shoots and gutters repaired
190
Offensive accumulations removed
61
Houses drained into the public sewer
282
Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s repaired
252
Lots of fowls, which were a nuisance, removed
6
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed
7
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors
15
Slaughter-houses inspected and licensed
5
TABLE 111. SANITARY WORK From Lady-day, 1895, to Lady-day, 1896. Houses, &c., inspected and reported to the Vestry by the Medical Officer of Health, and the Sanitary Inspector.
| Houses and other places inspected | 6240 |
| Notices and intimations served | 4611 |
| Re-inspections | 15928 |
| Houses in a dirty and dilapidated condition, cleansed and repaired, etc. | 632 |
| Houses disinfected, cleansed and purified | 520 |
| Houses disinfected to satisfaction of Medical Attendant | 61 |
| Cases of overcrowding abated | 134 |
| Houses closed as unfit for habitation | 28 |
| W.C.'s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed | 1060 |
| Closets panned and trapped or old pans cleansed or new ones fixed | |
| Closets supplied with water | 196 |
| Defective drains reconstructed and ventilated | 929 |
| Stopped drains cleared | 141 |
| Untrapped sinks trapped | 218 |
| Cesspools emptied, cleansed and filled up with dry rubbish | 3 |
| Yards and forecourts paved | 1590 |
| Reconstructed drains and branches tested with water | 2870 |
| Houses supplied with water | 29 |
| Defective roofs repaired | 343 |
| Defective rain-shoots and gutters repaired | 190 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 61 |
| Houses drained into the public sewer | 282 |
| Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s repaired | 252 |
| Lots of fowls, which were a nuisance, removed | 6 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed | 7 |
| Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors | 15 |
| Slaughter-houses inspected and licensed | 5 |