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Bermondsey 1910

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 repaired1641191052693442751132562501,895
W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed2155...102151102278
W.C.s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed7945151225033325137464
Closets panned and trapped, or old pans cleansed or new ones fixed6474937188157103389
Closets supplied with water, or defective water supplies remedied361022710826147720320
Defective drains reconstructed, repaired, ventilated, and trapped277987348727173110561
Stopped drains and w.c.s cleared301510417523181815245
Yards and forecourts paved or paving repaired13888610255741176465709
Houses supplied with water2......42152...11577
Defective roofs repaired7849111061211794210860754
Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped, or disconnected from drain10720813882124356132607
Offensive accumulations removed205113107...2866
Defective water apparatus in w.c s repaired19401351...977...19246
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance removed2515...411524
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors71......17915747
Stables and other premises drained and paved44...21145930
Waste-water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air, and new waste pipes provided1387651172214147
Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor5......2.........141233
Dung receptacles provided or repaired1............31139
Accumulations of manure removed...1...12227722
Separating w.c. and domestic water supplies..............................
Effective means taken to prevent dampness8531447199515224
Yards cleansed5042...81312128136
Means of ventilation provided, or improvement in ventilation made7......710......9437
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided10......16124125
Cowsheds cleansed...............1......23
Miscellaneous161254243931451118730899
Drains tested109241513360233673752641,280