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Bermondsey 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1913
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Table XII.—Sanitary Work, 1913.
| Mr. Grice. | Mr. Wood | Mr. Merryman. | Mr. Toogood. | Mr. Freeman. | Mr. Bartlett.* | Mr. Pitts | Mr. Cockburn. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses or parts of houses cleansed or repaired | 343 | 481 | 310 | 491 | 500 | 141 | 315 | 373 | 2934 |
| W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed | 1 | 15 | 8 | ... | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 43 |
| W.C's repaired, ventilated and whitewashed | 79 | 193 | 125 | 77 | 139 | 43 | 63 | 121 | 840 |
| Closets panned and trapped, or old pans cleansed or new ones fixed | 22 | 39 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 38 | 175 |
| Closets supplied with water, or defective water supplies remedied | 22 | 73 | 12 | 89 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 293 |
| Defective drains reconstructed, repaired, ventilated and trapped | 52 | 76 | 104 | 42 | 135 | 34 | 56 | 66 | 565 |
| Stopped drains and w.c's cleared | 25 | 53 | 41 | 74 | 52 | 6 | 48 | 16 | 315 |
| Yards and forecourts paved or paving repaired | 26 | 48 | 171 | ... | 73 | 135 | 174 | 141 | 768 |
| Houses supplied with water | ... | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | – | 4 | 9 | 28 |
| Defective roofs repaired | 154 | 62 | 70 | 97 | 126 | 53 | 153 | 67 | 782 |
| Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped or disconnected from drain | 98 | 51 | 95 | 64 | 141 | 20 | 172 | 29 | 670 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 12 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 76 |
| Defective water apparatus in w.c.s repaired | 49 | 81 | 83 | ... | 65 | – | 69 | 25 | 372 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance removed | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 5 | – | – | ... | 9 |
| Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | – | – | 6 | 34 |
| Stables and other premises drained and paved | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | 1 | – | – | 5 | 14 |
| Waste-water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air, and new waste pipes provided | 19 | 11 | 84 | 10 | 39 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 200 |
| Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 11 | – | – | ... | 17 |
| Dung receptacles provided or repaired | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Accumulations of manure removed | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| Separating w.c. and domestic water supplies | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| Effective means taken to prevent dampness | 31 | 80 | 66 | 23 | 64 | 13 | 34 | 25 | 336 |
| Yards cleansed | 29 | 27 | 38 | 9 | 34 | – | 5 | 2 | 144 |
| Means of ventilation provided, or improvement in ventilation made | 64 | 22 | 22 | 62 | 142 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 346 |
| Cisterns cleansed or covers provided | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | – | 6 | ... | 24 |
| Cowsheds cleansed | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | – | – | ... | 808 |
| Miscellaneous | 91 | 141 | 174 | 154 | 99 | 7 | 84 | 58 | 808 |
| Drains tested | 75 | 153 | 181 | 96 | 184 | 61 | 64 | 283 | 1097 |
Rooms disinfected 2,712
Articles disinfected 38,467
Inquests 154
Post-mortem examinations ... ... 127
Bodies removed to mortuary 180
* Mr. Bartlett was pensioned in July, 1914.