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Bermondsey 1898
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1898
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR.
To the Chairman and Members of the Bermondsey Vestry:—
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my Twenty-third
Annual Report of the work done by your Inspectors during
the year ending March 25th, 1899. This table of statistics
will give you some idea of the various duties undertaken
and carried out by the department: —
TABLE.
SANITARY WORK
From Lady-day, 197, to Lady-day, 1898.
Houses and other places inspected ... 5209
Notices and intimations served ... ... ... 2482
Re-inspections ... ... ... ... ... ... 11984
Houses in a dirty and dilapidated condition,
cleansed and repaired, etc. ... ... ... 415
Houses disinfected ... ... ... ... ... 786
Houses disinfected to satisfaction of Medical Attendant ... ... ... ... ... ... 34
Cases of Overcrowding abated ... ... ... 57
Houses closed as unfit for habitation ... ... 13
W.C.'s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed ...
Closets panned and trapped or old pans cleansed } 582
or new ones fixed ... ... ... ... ...
Closets supplied with water ... ... ... ... 232
Defective drains reconstructed, ventilated and
trapped ... ... ... ... .... .... 215