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Bermondsey 1902

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1902

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Sanitary Work—Year 1902.
Houses and other places inspected:—
House to house 4532
Various 5207
Re-inspections 20384
Notices and Intimations served:—
Intimations 3430
Statutories 1057
Houses or parts of houses cleansed or
repaired 2360
W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed
98
W.C.'s repaired, ventilated and whitewashed
377
Closets panned and trapped or old pans
cleansed or new ones fixed 342
Closets supplied with water or defective
water supplies remedied 40
Defective drains reconstructed, repaired,
ventilated or trapped 303
Stopped drains and w.c.'s cleared 328
Yards and forecourts paved or paving
repaired 718
Houses supplied with water 26
Defective roofs repaired 513
Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired,
unstopped or disconnected
from drain 491
Offensive accumulations removed 117
Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s
repaired 236
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed 39
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water,
and doors 49
Stables and other premises drained and
paved 29
Waste water pipes disconnected from
drains and made to discharge in
the open-air, and new waste pipes
provided 111
Providing means of ventilation beneath
ground floor 120
Dung receptacles provided or repaired 52
Accumulations of manure removed 36
Separating w.c. and domestic watersupplies
11
Effective means taken to prevent dampness
147
Workrooms cleansed or repaired 70
Yards cleansed 145
Means of ventilation provided, or improvement
in ventilation made 307
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided 93
Cowsheds cleansed 8
Miscellaneous 590
Drains tested 1952
Persons removed suffering from infectious
disease 915
Rooms disinfected 1258
Articles disinfected 27326
Bodies received into mortuaries 187
Inquests 127
Postmortem examinations 102
Houses disinfected to satisfaction of
medical attendant 84
Cases reported to Superintendent of
Visitors, School Board 2227
Letters written to owners, etc. 3165
Copies of notifications sent to schools 2727
Notices sent to "Master of House" 1975
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