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Bermondsey 1896

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

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LAUNDRY, 157, Southwark Park Road.—Yard paving
repaired, defective stack pipe repaired.
Messrs. SPARKS & WHITE, Druggists, 13, Baden
Place. —Separate W.C. accommodation provided for females.
Messrs. PLIMSOLL BROS., Bedstead Works, 98, Bermondsey
Wall.—Dung pit constructed in accordance with
Bye-laws.
Messrs. FOSTER & CO., Corn Stores, 60, Bermondsey
Wall. —W.C. furnished with suitable water supply.
WOODCUTTERS, 48, Bermondsey Wall.—Flushing
apparatus in W.C. repaired.
THE NATURAL FOOD Co., 30, Southall Place.—
Inlets to drains trapped with stoneware syphon gullies,
rain water pipe disconnected from drains, separate W.C.
accommodation provided for females.
Mr. MACKINTOSH, Currier, 38, Crimscott Street. —
Roof repaired, walls and ceilings of workshops cleansed
and limewashed, rain water pipe disconnected from drains,
floors repaired and properly ventilated, W.C. removed
outside premises, yard paved.
Mr. SPENCER, Portmanteau Maker, 38a, Crimscott
Street. —Walls and ceilings of workshops cleansed and
lime-washed, defective stairs repaired, roof of back workshop
repaired, sink waste pipe disconnected from drain,
foul urinal abolished, W.C. removed outside premises, and
so altered as to be used as a urinal.
Messrs. GRIFFITHS BROS., Paint Manufacturers,
29a, Macks Road. —Drains, etc., reconstructed, W.C.'s
reconstructed in a more suitable position and in accordance
with L.C.C. Bye-laws, W.C. pan, seat and floor cleansed,
separate W.C. accommodation provided for females.
Mr. MARSHALL'S STABLES, 6a, Linsey Street. —
Dung pit constructed in accordance with Bye-laws, yard
drain cleansed, flushing apparatus in W.C. repaired.