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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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Mr. ISAACSON'S STABLES, Leather Market.—
Accumulation of manure removed.
Mr. WELLS, 159, Long Lane.—Drains reconstructed,
dung pit provided, accumulation of manure removed, watercloset
accommodation provided for workpeople.
Mr. DTXCEE, Engineer, Weston Place.—Water-closet
altered so as not to be entered direct from workroom.
Mr. LIPTON, Dunlop Place. —Drains reconstructed,
water supplied for flushing W.C. s, catch pits reconstructed
to prevent foreign substance entering sewers.
Mr. WADE. Wyld's Rents.—Floor of workshop paved
and walls rendered in cement.
DEEP STAMPING Co., Tin Stampers, Dockley Road.
—Drains reconstructed, rain water pipes disconnected from
drains.
Messrs. MATHEWS & FENWICK, Leather Merchants,
Market Street.—Catch pits reconstructed, intercepting
trap fixed, drains reconstructed, water-closets cleansed.
Messrs. COLLEN & SON, Millers, 100, Bermondsey
Wall. —Drains reconstructed and trapped, yard paved,
water supplied and new pan fixed in W.C.
Messrs. GARDINER & TIDY, Wharfingers, Bermondsey
Wall.—Additional W.C. accommodation provided for
workmen, dung pit constructed, drains trapped, yard paved.
Messrs. MILLS & KNIGHT, Wharfingers, Bermondsey
Wall. —Sanitary condition good.
Messrs. S. H. & W. HART, Leather Dressers, Turner
Street. —Drains cleansed, catch pits constructed so as to
prevent improper substances entering sewer.