Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1910
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15
11
Houses supplied with water
2
42
2
5
77
...
...
...
78
49
11
106
121
179
42
108
60
754
Defective roofs repaired
Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped, or disconnected from
drain
82
61
107
20
8
138
124
35
32
607
1
13
10
2
8
66
Offensive accumulations removed
20
5
7
...
Defective water apparatus in w.c s repaired
19
40
13
51
97
7
19
246
...
...
5
24
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance removed
2
5
1
5
4
1
1
...
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors
1
5
7
47
7
1
...
17
9
...
4
5
30
Stables and other premises drained and paved
4
4
2
1
1
9
...
Waste-water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open
air, and new waste pipes provided
5
22
147
1
3
8
76
11
7
14
33
Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor
5
...
2
...
...
14
12
...
...
3
1
1
3
9
Dung receptacles provided or repaired
1
...
...
...
...
1
7
22
Accumulations of manure removed
1
2
2
2
7
...
...
...
Separating w.c. and domestic water supplies
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
5
14
71
9
95
224
Effective means taken to prevent dampness
3
4
15
50
8
Yards cleansed
42
13
12
1
2
8
136
...
7
Means of ventilation provided, or improvement in ventilation made
7
10
9
4
37
...
...
...
...
1
6
4
25
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided
10
1
2
1
...
...
Cowsheds cleansed
...
...
1
...
...
2
3
...
...
...
Table XII.—Sanitary Work, 1910.
Mr. Grice. | Mr. Cartledge. | Mr. Wood. | Mr. Merryman. | Mr. Toogood. | Mr. Freeman. | Mr. Bartlett. | Mr. Townsend. | Mr. Cockburn. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houses or parts of houses cleansed or repaired | 164 | 119 | 105 | 269 | 344 | 275 | 113 | 256 | 250 | 1,895 |
W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ... | 10 | 2 | 151 | 102 | 278 |
W.C.s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed | 79 | 45 | 15 | 122 | 50 | 33 | 32 | 51 | 37 | 464 |
Closets panned and trapped, or old pans cleansed or new ones fixed | 6 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 157 | 103 | 389 |
Closets supplied with water, or defective water supplies remedied | 36 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 108 | 26 | 14 | 77 | 20 | 320 |
Defective drains reconstructed, repaired, ventilated, and trapped | 27 | 7 | 9 | 87 | 34 | 87 | 27 | 173 | 110 | 561 |
Stopped drains and w.c.s cleared | 30 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 75 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 245 |
Yards and forecourts paved or paving repaired | 138 | 88 | 6 | 102 | 55 | 74 | 117 | 64 | 65 | 709 |
Houses supplied with water | 2 | ... | ... | 42 | 15 | 2 | ... | 11 | 5 | 77 |
Defective roofs repaired | 78 | 49 | 11 | 106 | 121 | 179 | 42 | 108 | 60 | 754 |
Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped, or disconnected from drain | 107 | 20 | 8 | 138 | 82 | 124 | 35 | 61 | 32 | 607 |
Offensive accumulations removed | 20 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | ... | 2 | 8 | 66 |
Defective water apparatus in w.c s repaired | 19 | 40 | 13 | 51 | ... | 97 | 7 | ... | 19 | 246 |
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance removed | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 |
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 47 |
Stables and other premises drained and paved | 4 | 4 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 30 |
Waste-water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air, and new waste pipes provided | 1 | 3 | 8 | 76 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 147 |
Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 12 | 33 |
Dung receptacles provided or repaired | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Accumulations of manure removed | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
Separating w.c. and domestic water supplies | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Effective means taken to prevent dampness | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 71 | 9 | 95 | 15 | 224 |
Yards cleansed | 50 | 42 | ... | 8 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 136 |
Means of ventilation provided, or improvement in ventilation made | 7 | ... | ... | 7 | 10 | ... | ... | 9 | 4 | 37 |
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided | 10 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
Cowsheds cleansed | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 |
Miscellaneous | 161 | 25 | 4 | 243 | 93 | 145 | 11 | 187 | 30 | 899 |
Drains tested | 109 | 24 | 15 | 133 | 60 | 233 | 67 | 375 | 264 | 1,280 |