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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 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1913
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Table IX.—Proceedings during 1913.
| Premises. | Number of Places. | Number of Inspections, 1913 | Number of Notices, 1913 | Number of Prosecutions, 1913. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1912 | Added in 1913 | Removed in 1913 | On Register at end of 1913 | ||||
| Milk premises | 248 | 43 | 37 | 254 | 910 | 32 | ... |
| Cowsheds | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | 1 | ... |
| Slaughter-houses | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 20 | ... | ... |
| Other offensive trade premises. | 13 | ... | ... | 13 | 183 | 6 | ... |
| Ice-cream premises | 120 | ... | 6 | 114 | 148 | 6 | ... |
| Registered houses let in lodgings. | 228 | ... | 10 | 218 | 872 | 10 | ... |
| 107 | |||||||
(b) For other conditions.
(a) For overcrowding.
Total number of Intimation Notices served for all
purposes 4,829
Overcrowding, 1912—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 61
Number remedied 61
Number of prosecutions
Underground rooms —
Illegal occupation dealt with during year
Number of rooms closed ...
Insanitary houses —
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act,
1891
Number closed under the Housing of the Working
Classes Act
Number of premises cleansed under Section 20 of the
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904
Number closed under the Housing, Town Planning,
etc., Act, 1909 45
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) oj the Public Health Act,
1891-
(Families 5
Number of persons accommodated during Adults 6
Children 10