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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1905
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1905
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Table XVI.—Sanitary Work, 1905.
| Houses and other places inspected;— | Mr. Thomas. | Mr. Ashdown | Mr. ockburn | Mr. Bartlett. | Mr. Toogood. | Mr. Scott. | Mr. Hoskins. | Mr. Harris. | Mr. Jones. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House to house | 741 | 712 | 479 | 841 | 648 | 543 | 527 | 748 | 390 | 5629 |
| Various | 735 | 594 | 700 | 915 | 764 | 680 | 864 | 414 | 802 | 6468 |
| Re-inspections | 2818 | 2771 | 3447 | 3215 | 3153 | 2252 | 3814 | 2744 | 3366 | 27580 |
| Notices and intimations served:- | ||||||||||
| Intimations | 437 | 549 | 342 | 289 | 395 | 376 | 445 | 366 | 448 | 3647 |
| Statutories | 267 | 158 | 148 | 71 | 116 | 107 | 139 | 137 | 106 | 1249 |
| Houses or parts of houses cleansed or repaired | 229 | 380 | 332 | 68 | 180 | 154 | 128 | 80 | 170 | 1721 |
| W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | – | 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 58 |
| W.C.s repaired, ventilated, or whitewashed | 143 | 129 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 57 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 438 |
| Closets panned or trapped, old pans cleansed or new ones fixed | 47 | 145 | 99 | 12 | 43 | 23 | 46 | 19 | 77 | 511 |
| Closets supplied with water or defective supplies remedied | 29 | 101 | 35 | 4 | 120 | 40 | 129 | 38 | 60 | 556 |
| Defective drains reconstructed, repaired, ventilated or trapped | 19 | 143 | 221 | 17 | 20 | 41 | 133 | 43 | 55 | 692 |
| Stopped drains and W.C.s cleared | 38 | 57 | 32 | 26 | 41 | 80 | 69 | 36 | 53 | 432 |
| Yards and forecourts paved or paving repaired | 84 | 68 | 60 | 94 | 20 | 34 | 79 | 20 | 75 | 534 |
| Houses supplied with water | 1 | – | 12 | 7 | 5 | 10 | – | 3 | 4 | 42 |
| Defective roofs repaired | 107 | 84 | 70 | 34 | 44 | 72 | 90 | 88 | 64 | 659 |
| Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped, or disconnected from drain | 138 | 96 | 45 | 27 | 35 | 49 | 113 | 54 | 72 | 629 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 2 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 89 |
| Defective water apparatus in W.C.s repaired | 76 | 17 | 14 | 39 | – | 36 | 5 | 48 | – | 235 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed | 1 | 7 | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 83 |
| Stables and other places drained and paved | 7 | – | – | 2 | – | 10 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 17 |
| Waste water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in open air, and new waste pipes provided | 9 | 44 | 25 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 155 |
| Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | 19 | 39 |
| Dung receptacles provided or repaired | 20 | – | 1 | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | 3 | 2 | 41 |
| Accumulations of manure removed | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 24 |
| Separating W.C. and domestic water supplies | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| Effective means taken to prevent dampness | 11 | 81 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 185 |
| Yards cleansed | 38 | 43 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 12 | 4 | – | 99 |
| Means of ventilation provided or improved | 65 | 26 | 2 | – | 16 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 291 | 186 |
| Cisterns cleansed or covers provided | 1 | 51 | 3 | – | – | 14 | 2 | 3 | – | 74 |
| Cowsheds cleansed | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Miscellaneous | 137 | 241 | 21 | 13 | 42 | 18 | 27 | 62 | 120 | 681 |
| Drains tested | 4 | 293 | 500 | 48 | 62 | 45 | 366 | 111 | 273 | 1702 |
Inquests held 174
Rooms disinfected 1489
Articles disinfected 15372
Post-mortem examinations 129
Bodies removed to Mortuary 225
Houses disinfected to satisfaction of Medical Attendant 21