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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Tanner Street ... ... 2
Williams Square ... 1
Turner's Retreat ... 1
Wolseley's Buildings (8)
Vauban Street... ... 2
Blocks) ... ...
Victoria Place ... ... 1
Wells Street ... ... 2
West Lane ... ... 5
Woolf Street ... ... 2
West Grove ... ... 2
Wild's Rents ... ... 1
Weston Street ... ... 5
West Street ... ... 1
Wilderness Street .. 2
During the year no houses were recommended
for registration.
Notices have been served for cleansing passages,
floors, wash-houses, water closets, and the remedying
of other sanitary defects. The whole of these
houses have a good supply of water direct from the
main without the intervention of a cistern. The
yards are well paved.
During the year the following registered houses
have been pulled down:—
8, 21, 23, 30, Camperdown Place.
1, 3, Ship and Mermaid Row.
The total number of houses now on the Register
is 307.
During the year the Sanitary and Public Health
Committee held 25 meetings, besides making visits