Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1895
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR
OF
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
1 have much pleasure in submitting for your consideration
my Annual Statement in regard to
Houses Let in Lodgings, or occupied by
members of more than one family, this being the
Tenth Annual Report I have been privileged
to bring under your notice on the subject.
During the year 5 houses were recommended for
registration, and 5 were by resolution of the Board
placed under the Bye-laws. The 5 houses, recommended
for registration contained 24 rooms, and were
occupied by 17 families, consisting of 78 persons;
12 rooms were overcrowded and deficient in the
prescribed air space to the extent of 11120 cubic
feet, showing an average deficiency of air space of
927 cubic feet each.