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Bermondsey 1903
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1903
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Fourth Quarter.
Adulteration.
Result.
No.
Sample.
Fined £2 and 15s. costs
199T
Separated Milk
6 per cent, of added water
150W
Arrowroot
Tapioca 100 per cent.
12s. 6d. costs
Fined £1 and 12s. '6d. costs
151w
Coffee
Chicory about 60 per cent.
103H
Fined 5s. and 12s. 6. costs
Raspberry Jam
Red Currant Jam 50 per cent
Withdrawn ; 2s. costs. Servant
fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs
124D
Margarine
Bulk not marked
Wrapper not marked
197A
Margarine
Fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs
Fined 20s. and l2s. 6d. costs
198A
Margarine
Wrapper not marked
SUMMARY.
Fines.
Costs.
£
d.
£
d.
8.
s.
First Quarter
12
5
0
8
4
6
Second Quarter
8
0
0
2
1
6
Third Quarter
72
0
0
5
14
6
Fourth Quarter
6
5
0
4
12
0
£98
10
0
£20
12
6
In two cases £1 1s. costs were given against the Council.
Table XIV. —Sanitary Work, 1903.
Houses and other places inspected : —
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water,
and doors
House to house
5415
65
Various
4330
Stables and other premises drained and
paved
Re-inspections
24409
41
Waste water pipes disconnected from
drains and made to discharge in
the open air, and new waste pipes
provided
Notices and intimations served : —
Intimations
4251
Statutories
1314
164
Houses or parts of houses cleansed or
repaired
1880
Providing means of ventilation beneath
ground floor
W.c. accommodation provided or reconstructed
110
115
Dung receptacles provided or repaired
57
W.c's repaired, ventilated and whitewashed
Accumulations of manure removed
25
471
Separating w.c. and domestic water
supplies
Closets panned and trapped or old pans
cleansed or new ones fixed
15
450
Effective means taken to prevent dampness
199
Closets supplied with water or defective
water supplies remedied
451
Yards cleansed
96
Defective drains reconstructed, repaired,
ventilated or trapped
Means of ventilation provided, or improvement
in ventilation made
476
342
Stopped drains and w.e.'s cleared
288
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided
116
Yards and forecourts paved or paving
repaired
Cowsheds cleansed
8
783
Miscellaneous
539
Houses supplied with water
44
Drains tested
1704
879
Rooms disinfected
Defective roofs repaired
828
Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired,
unstopped or disconnected
from drain
Articles disinfected
Bodies received into mortuary
190
650
Inquests
148
Post-mortem examinations
Offensive accumulations removed
103
105
Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s
repaired
Houses disinfected to satisfaction of
medical attendant...
878
62
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance
removed
15
Fourth Quarter.
| No. | Sample. | Adulteration. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 199T | Separated Milk | 6 per cent, of added water | Fined £2 and 15s. costs |
| 150W | Arrowroot | Tapioca 100 per cent. | 12s. 6d. costs |
| 151w | Coffee | Chicory about 60 per cent. | Fined £1 and 12s. '6d. costs |
| 103H | Raspberry Jam | Red Currant Jam 50 per cent | Fined 5s. and 12s. 6. costs |
| 124D | Margarine | Bulk not marked | Withdrawn ; 2s. costs. Servant fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs |
| 197A | Margarine | Wrapper not marked | Fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs |
| 198A | Margarine | Wrapper not marked | Fined 20s. and l2s. 6d. costs |
SUMMARY.
| Fines. | Costs. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| First Quarter | 12 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Second Quarter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Third Quarter | 72 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 6 |
| Fourth Quarter | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| £98 | 10 | 0 | £20 | 12 | 6 | |
Table XIV.—Sanitary Work, 1903.
| Houses and other places inspected :— | |
|---|---|
| House to house | 5415 |
| Various | 4330 |
| Re-inspections | 24409 |
| Notices and intimations served :— | |
| Intimations | 4251 |
| Statutories | 1314 |
| Houses or parts of houses cleansed or repaired | 1880 |
| W.c. accommodation provided or reconstructed | 115 |
| W.c's repaired, ventilated and whitewashed | 471 |
| Closets panned and trapped or old pans cleansed or new ones fixed | 450 |
| Closets supplied with water or defective water supplies remedied | 451 |
| Defective drains reconstructed, repaired, ventilated or trapped | 476 |
| Stopped drains and w.c.'s cleared | 288 |
| Yards and forecourts paved or paving repaired | 783 |
| Houses supplied with water | 44 |
| Defective roofs repaired | 879 |
| Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped or disconnected from drain | 650 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 103 |
| Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s repaired | 378 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance removed | 15 |
| Urinals cleansed, supplied with water, and doors | 65 |
| Stables and other premises drained and paved | 41 |
| Waste water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air, and new waste pipes provided | 164 |
| Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor | 110 |
| 25 | Accumulations of manure removed |
| 57 | Dung receptacles provided or repaired |
| Separating w.c. and domestic water supplies | 15 |
| Effective means taken to prevent dampness | 199 |
| Yards cleansed | 96 |
| Means of ventilation provided, or improvement in ventilation made | 342 |
| Cisterns cleansed or covers provided | 116 |
| Cowsheds cleansed | 8 |
| Miscellaneous | 539 |
| Drains tested | 1704 |
| Rooms disinfected | 828 |
| Articles disinfected | |
| Bodies received into mortuary | 190 |
| Inquests | 148 |
| Post-mortem examinations | 105 |
| Houses disinfected to satisfaction of medical attendant... | 62 |