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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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WHEELWRIGHTS, 20, Paulin Street.-Drains reconstructed,
W.C. accommodation provided for workpeople,
dung pit constructed, yard paved.
Messrs. GALE & FRIEND, white lead manufacturers,
66, The Grange—Workshops cleansed and white-washed,
drains ventilated.
Messrs. WARREN & Co., Parchment Makers, 39,
Tanner Street. —Sanitary condition good.
Messrs. DIXON & TAYLOR, Curriers, 70, Tanner
Street. —Catch pit constructed so as to prevent foreign
substance entering sewers.
Mr. BROOK, Sack Maker, 74, Tanner Street. —Sanitary
condition good.
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY Co., Willow Walk.
—Water-closets cleansed and reconstructed, accumulation
of manure removed.
LEATHER MARKET, Weston Street.—Urinal and
W.C. cleansed.
Messrs. CASTELL & BROWN, Confectioners, 122,
Spa Road. — Drains reconstructed, W.C .'s cleansed, separate
W.C. accommodation provided for workpeople, wash-hand
basins provided for use of workpeople.
YARD AND STABLES adjoining "Conquering
Hero " public house, Upper Grange Road, yard and stables
paved and drained, dung pit constructed.
Messrs. POTTER & Co., Picklers, Hyson Road.—
Drains reconstructed, accumulation of vegetable matter
removed, receptacle for vegetable matter provided, separate
W.C. accommodation provided for women.
Messrs. GIBBS & Co., Leather Dressers, Long Lane.—
Water-closets ventilated, catchpits constructed to prevent
improper substances entering sewer.