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Bermondsey 1910

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1910

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Table IX.—Proceedings during 1910.
Number of Places.
Number of
Inspections,
1910.
Number
of
Notices,
1910.
Number of
Prosecutions,
1910.
Premises.
On Register
at end of
1909.
Added
in
1910.
Removed
in
1910.
On Register
at end of
1910.
Milk premises
40
273
27
286
559
20
-
Cowsheds
5
1
4
51
-
-
-
Slaughter-houses
1
-
-
1
21
-
2
-
Other offensive trade premises
13
-
13
115
-
-
10
Ice-cream premises
133
11
-
144
165
-
Registered houses let in lodgings
219
8
-
227
908 { *(a) 14
*(b) 74}
-
* (a) For overcrowding. * (b) For other conditions.
Total number of Intimation Notices served for all purposes ... ... ... ... 4,144
Overcrowding, 1910—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 129
Number remedied ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 127
Number of prosecutions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... -
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4
Number of rooms closed... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4
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, &c., Act, 1909 ... ... ... 21
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891-
Number of persons accommodated during the year ... ... ... ... {Families ... 5
{Adults ... 4
{Children ... 14
Bevenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during year ... ... ... 146
Number of tenements for which certificates were granted ... ... ... ... ... 146
Number of tenements for which certificates were deferred ... ... ... ... ... -
Housing, Town Planning &c., Act, 1909, Sec. 35—
Number of houses for which applications were received during the year ... ... ... 6
Number of houses tor which certificates were granted 6
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891-
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, &c. ... ... ... -
( b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any
manufactory, &c. -
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious to
health 1
(d) As to paving of yards, &c., of dwelling houses -
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, &c. -
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse &c.
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, &c.
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, &c. -
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets -
(j) With respect to drainage, &c. (Metropolis Management Act, section 202) -
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, &c. (Metropolis Management Acts
Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899) -
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed 216
Total number of infectious bodies removed 6

Table IX.—Proceedings during 1910.

Premises.Number of Places.Number of Inspections, 1910.Number of Notices, 1910.Number of Prosecutions, 1910.
On Register at end of 1909.Added in 1910.Removed in 1910.On Register at end of 1910.
Milk premises273402728655920
Cowsheds51451
Slaughter-houses1121
Other offensive trade premises13131152
Ice-cream premises1331114416510
Registered houses let in lodgings2198227908*(a) 14
*(b) 74