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Bermondsey 1907
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1907
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I report that from an examination the chief defects apparent in the drainage of the
Bermondsey Mortuary are the dipstone trap chamber in the back yard, non-trapping of
the sink and lavatory waste and a bad pattern gully under waste from Post-mortem
Room sink.
I am of opinion that a new system throughout should be laid and a manhole built
in front of the Post-mortem Room, and a 6in. main drain taken to a new manhole in the
rear to which new branches should be taken from w.c., lavatory gully, infectious mortuary,
rain-water pipe. The gullies in the post-mortem room and general mortuary being taken
by separate drains to a manhole in the front, a new gully being placed immediately
outside post-mortem room to take sink waste, traps will be required under sink and
lavatory as before mentioned, and a fresh-air inlet must be provided in front with a vent
at back. I estimate the cost of the above works at £30.
On the matter coming before the Council at their meeting on 15th October it was decided
to discontinue the use of Neckinger Mortuary.
IV.—FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
In Table X. of the Appendix will be found particulars of the inspections of factories and
workshops, and in the following table particulars regarding the trades and persons employed in
connection with workshops. There were 661 workshops on the register in 1907, against 591 in
1906. Including bakehouses, of which there were 86 in use, the total is 747.
Outworkers.
There were 626 outworkers on the register at the end of 1907. 56 lists were sent in by
firms in this Borouah employing outworkers.
The following firms were reported to the Committee for failing to send in their lists:-
| Employer. | Lists not sent in. |
|---|---|
| Boyce, S., 45, Layard Road | March, 1907 |
| Ballard, T., 17, Parker's Row | September, 1907 |
| Chave, Mr., Galleywall Road | March, 1907 |
| Edwards, Mrs., 26, Temeraire Street | September, 1907 |
| Evans, Geo. & Co., 99, Tower Bridge Road | March, 1907 |
| Ennis. E. M., 26A, Trothy Road | March, 1907 |
| Faulls, S., 124, Jamaica Road | March, 1907, and September, 1907 |
| Fenton, K., 28, Layard Road | March, 1907 |
| Hartel, F., Lone Lane | September, 1907 |
| Hobbs. W. H. Southwark Park Road | March, 1907 |
| Hooper, M. E. & Sons, Southwark Park Road | March, 1907 |
| Martin, Martha. 51, Linsey Street | March, 1907, and September, 1907 |
| Nottingham, H. N., 202, Jamaica Road | March, 1907, and September, 1907 |
| Smith, W., 38, Layard Road | March, 1907, and September, 1907 |
| Templeman, Mark, 185, Bermondsey Street | March, 1907 |
| Williams, T. & S., Abbeyfield Road | March, 1907, and September, 1907 |
| Warwick, C., 2, Reverdy Road | September, 1907 |
Those firms starred (*) have been reported in previous years.
Summonses were taken out against Martha Martin, 51, Linsey Street, Sarah Faulls,
124, Jamaica Road and H. N. Nottingham, 202, Jamaica Road in respect to their failure to
submit their lists on or before Ist August. In the first two cases fines of 20s. and 2s. costs
were inflicted, and in the latter a fine of 40s. and 2s. costs.