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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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CONFECTIONERS, 222A, Jamaica Road.—Sanitary
condition good.
JEWELLER'S & HABERDASHER'S SHOP, 289,
Southwark Park Road.—-Premises drained and W.C.
accommodation provided.
BUILDER'S YARD, Pages Walk. —Water-closets
cleansed and provided with water supply and apparatus for
flushing.
Mr. WEINER, Skin Merchant, 161, Bermondsey Street.
—Floor of skin shed repaved with impervious material.
Messrs. E. & T. PINK, Jam Manufacturers, Staple
Street. —723 women employed and 300 men, sanitary condition
good.
S. ORD & Co., Jam Manufacturers, Southwark Park
Road.—2l6 women and 56 men employed, sanitary condition
good.
STEAM DISCHARGING INTO PUBLIC SEWER.
Great attention has been paid by the Department to nuisances
caused by steam discharged from the various factories into the
public sewers. For the prevention of such nuisances proper
cooling chambers have been constructed at the following :
Messrs. Oastler & Palmer, Willow Walk and Wright's Buildings.
South Eastern Railway Co. (Engineer's Shop), Willow Walk.
Mr. Meyerheim, 215, LOng Lane.
Messrs. Collen & Son, 100, Bermondsey Wall.
Plimsoll Bros., 98, Bermondsey Wall.
„ Cundall, Black Swan Yard.
„ Jordan & Co., Whites Grounds.
Army and Navy Cookery Co., 296, Lynton Road.
Mr. Whitmore, The Grange.