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Bermondsey 1896

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1896

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Mr. MUDDITT, Leather Dresser, 24, Page's Walk. —
Walls and ceilings of workshops cleansed.
SHIRT AND COLLAR MAKERS, 1, Bricklayer's Arms
Passage.—Drains (under W.C.) reconstructed.
SPICE WORKS, 29, Maltby Street. —Waterclosets
efficiently ventilated.
Mr. POTHECARY, Leather Merchant, 30, Richardson
Street. —Foul pan in W.C. cleansed, cooling chamber
constructed to prevent steam and hot water entering public
sewer, workshops cleansed, limewashed and paved, yard
paved and drained.
Mr. WHITE, Leather Merchant, Upper Russell Street. —
W.C. furnished with suitable pan, trap and water supply,
catchpits constructed to prevent steam and hot water entering
public sewer.
Messrs. ROEBUCK & GARLAND, Leather Dressers, 19,
Richardson Street. —Drains trapped under rain water
pipe, cooling chamber constructed to prevent steam and
hot water entering public sewer, old brick drain under
workshop taken up and new pipe drain constructed, stackpipe
repaired.
Messrs. VOSS & Co., Leather Merchants, 75, Weston
Street. —New soil pan fixed in W.C., W.C. ventilated, inlet
to drain in yard trapped with stoneware syphon gully.
Mr. WHITMORE, Leather Merchant, 25, Spa Road. —
Foul pan in W.C. cleansed, inlet to drain in yard trapped
with stoneware syphon gully, cover provided to catchpit.
TOY DEALERS, 11, Snowsfields. —Flushing apparatus
in W.C. repaired, defective stackpipe repaired.
Mr. CONNOR'S STABLES, 75, Weston Street.-Offensive
accumulation of manure removed, dung pit constructed in
accordance with Bye-laws.