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 1896
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TABLE III. —Continued.
Offensive accumulations removed ... ... ... ... 70
Houses drained into the public sewer ... ... ... 25
Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s repaired ... ... 323
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed ... ... 9
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors ... ... 19
Slaughter-houses inspected and licensed ... ... ... 5
Cow-houses inspected and licensed ... ... ... ... 6
Bake-houses inspected ... ... ... ... ... ... 81
Stables and other premises drained and paved ... ... 16
Waste water pipes disconnected from drains and made to
discharge in the open-air ... ... ... ... 77
For providing the requisite means of ventilation by means of
excavating underground floors and inserting air bricks 110
For separating the water used for flushing w.c.'s from that
used for ordinary purposes ... ... ... ... 85
Houses inspected where infectious diseases occurred ... 806
Letters written to owners, agents, and others ... ... 1218
Persons suffering from infectious diseases removed to hospital 453
Dead bodies removed from rooms to mortuary ... ... 64
33 Summonses taken out before Police Magistrates, for not
complying with orders of the Vestry. (Fines inflicted
£28 1s. 0d. and £2 3s. 0d. costs) ... ... ...
Food destroyed—Two baskets mushrooms ... ... ...
Copies of Notification Certificate sent to Schools ... ... 879
Cases of infectious diseases reported to Superintending
Visitor of School Board ... ... ... ... ... 698
Notices sent to Master of Houses, infectious diseases ... 799
Dung pits constructed or altered in accordance with London
County Council's Bye-laws ... ... ... ... 63
Certificates given under Section 48 of the Public Health Act 41
Inquests held ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 113
Post-mortems ... ... ... ... ... ... ...106
Lots of bedding, etc., disinfected in disinfecting chamber,
consisting of 8,272 articles ... ... ... ... 577
Minor nuisances abated ... ... ... ... ... 314
Effective means taken to prevent dampness in rooms ... 103