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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Messrs. OASTLER & PALMER, Leather Merchants,
Willow Walk. —Foul troughs in W.C.'s cleansed.
Messrs. CANNON & CO., Jam Makers, 300, Lynton
Road. —Foul pan in W.C. cleansed.
Mr. COOPER, Leather Merchant, 29, Crimscott Street.
—Drains reconstructed (from W.C.'s to engine room),
cooling chamber constructed to prevent steam and hot
water entering public sewer.
Mr. JUNKINSON, Leather Dresser, 40, Rothsay Street. —
Foul pans in W.C.'s cleansed.
Messrs. KINGDON & CO., Linoleum Manufacturers,
Rothsay Street. —Foul pans in W.C.'s cleansed.
THE CO-OPERATIVE LEATHER CO., 53, Leroy
Street. —Foul pans in W.C.'s cleansed, inlets to drains
trapped with stoneware syphon gullies.
WHEELWRIGHTS, 55, Leroy Street. —W.C. accommodation
provided for workmen, dung pit constructed,
stables paved and drained, drain provided for surface
water.
Messrs. DEEP STAMPING CO., Dockley Road.—
Separate W.C. accommodation provided for females, water
closets cleansed.
Mr. MARRIOTT, Boot Maker, 21, Parker's Row.—
Walls and ceilings of workshops, landings, and staircase
cleansed, foul pan in W.C. cleansed, gutters repaired, drain
reconstructed.
THE SOUTH EASTERN BREWERY CO., Rothsay
Street.—Door provided to W.C., foul pan in W.C. cleansed,
door and cover provided to dung pit.
Mr. FRANCIS, Brush Maker, Star Place.—Flushing
apparatus in W.C. repaired, defective connection in W.C.
repaired