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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Mr. HARRIS, Stables, 29, Marine Street. —Dung pit constructed
in accordance with Bye-laws.
Mr. MARSH, Tin Plate Worker, 124, Spa Road.—
Separate W.C. accommodation provided for females.
STABLES, 71, Abbey Street. — Offensive accumulation
of manure removed.
MACHINE RULERS, 154, Snowsfields. —Flushing
apparatus in W.C. repaired, drinking water separated
from W.C.
Mr. BEACH, Leather Merchant, Willow Street. —Catchpits
constructed to prevent improper substances entering
public sewer.
Messsrs, GARDINER & Co., Galvanised Iron Works,
Jacob Street. —Defective stackpipe repaired.
PATENT METALLIC PAVING Co., 111, Spa Road.—
Old foul dilapidated brick drain taken up and new pipe
drain substituted with inspection chamber, interceptor, and
means of ventilation, W.C. accommodation provided for
workmen.
PAINTER'S SHOP, 4a, Princes Road. —Foul pan in
W.C. cleansed.
STABLES, 28, Jacob Street. —Dung pit constructed and
drains reconstructed.
Mr. TILLING'S STABLES, Salisbury Street.—Drains
reconstructed with inspection chamber, interceptor and
means of ventilation, offensive accumulation of manure
removed, dung pit constructed in accordance with
Bye-laws.
Mr. HATCHER'S STABLES, 249, Long Lane. —Dung
pit furnished with a suitable cover.
LEATHER DRESSERS, 58, Long Walk.—W.C. furnished
with suitable water supply for flushing.