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 1912
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326
350
398
2,904
Houses or parts of houses cleansed or repaired
403
499
451
154
323
1
31
W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed
5
10
7
5
1
2
...
100
125
32
20
581
W.C.s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed
154
54
34
62
240
5
36
38
71
14
10
22
44
Closets panned and trapped, or old pans cleansed or new ones fixed
28
4
277
Closets supplied with water, or defective water supplies remedied
41
103
65
5
16
15
562
26
53
115
42
93
54
89
90
Defective drains reconstructed, repaired, ventilated, and trapped
38
45
87
41
305
Stopped drains and w.c.s cleared
22
29
33
10
152
148
735
Yards and forecourts paved or paving repaired
22
60
140
58
96
59
...
39
Houses supplied with water
17
5
4
6
3
...
4
116
89
85
146
164
59
131
78
868
Defective roofs repaired
57
68
37
615
Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped, or disconnected from drain
79
127
128
30
89
10
8
7
13
8
16
5
67
Offensive accumulations removed
...
35
55
76
...
342
Defective water apparatus in w.c.s repaired
69
26
74
7
1
12
4
...
2
1
3
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance removed
1
...
3
3
7
41
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors
8
7
2
11
...
...
1
20
1
4
5
Stables and other premises drained and paved
9
...
...
8
Waste-water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air, and new
waste pipes provided
5
9
3
94
11
13
36
9
1
8
Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor
...
3
...
1
1
2
...
13
1
1
1
...
5
4
1
Dung receptacles provided or repaired
...
2
15
Accumulations of manure removed
2
2
4
1
1
3
...
1
Separating w.c. and domestic water supplies
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
56
16
349
Effective means taken to prevent dampness
37
86
50
27
49
28
115
5
16
78
2
2
1
Yards cleansed
11
...
17
91
72
80
72
361
Means of ventilation provided, or improvement in ventilation made
23
6
...
26
12
1
1
1
2
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided
4
5
...
2
Cowsheds cleansed
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
800
106
10
60
Miscellaneous
72
97
190
198
67
Drains tested
Rooms disinfected 2,798
Post-mortOm examinations 147
Articles disinfected 22,712
Bodies removed to mortuary 194
Inquests 171
Table XII.—Sanitary Work, 1912.
Mr. Grice. | Mr. Wood. | Mr. Merryman | Mr. Toogood. | Mr. Freeman. | Mr. Bartlett. | Mr. Pitts. | Mr. Cockburn. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houses or parts of houses cleansed or repaired | 326 | 403 | 350 | 499 | 451 | 154 | 323 | 398 | 2,904 |
W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed | 5 | 10 | 7 | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
W.C.s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed | 100 | 154 | 125 | 54 | 32 | 34 | 62 | 20 | 581 |
Closets panned and trapped, or old pans cleansed or new ones fixed | 5 | 36 | 38 | 71 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 44 | 240 |
Closets supplied with water, or defective water supplies remedied | 28 | 41 | 4 | 103 | 65 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 277 |
Defective drains reconstructed, repaired, ventilated, and trapped | 26 | 53 | 115 | 42 | 93 | 54 | 89 | 90 | 562 |
Stopped drains and w.c.s cleared | 22 | 38 | 45 | 87 | 41 | 29 | 33 | 10 | 305 |
Yards and forecourts paved or paving repaired | 22 | 60 | 140 | 152 | 58 | 96 | 148 | 59 | 735 |
Houses supplied with water | ... | 4 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ... | 39 |
Defective roofs repaired | 116 | 89 | 85 | 146 | 164 | 59 | 131 | 78 | 868 |
Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped, or disconnected from drain | 79 | 57 | 127 | 68 | 128 | 30 | 89 | 37 | 615 |
Offensive accumulations removed | 10 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 8 | ... | 16 | 5 | 67 |
Defective water apparatus in w.c.s repaired | 35 | 55 | 76 | ... | 69 | 26 | 74 | 7 | 342 |
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance removed | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 12 |
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | ... | 11 | 41 |
Stables and other premises drained and paved | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | 20 |
Waste-water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air, and new waste pipes provided | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 94 |
Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 8 |
Dung receptacles provided or repaired | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | 4 | ... | 1 | 13 |
Accumulations of manure removed | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
Separating w.c. and domestic water supplies | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Effective means taken to prevent dampness | 37 | 86 | 56 | 16 | 50 | 27 | 49 | 28 | 349 |
Yards cleansed | 5 | 16 | 78 | 2 | 11 | ... | 2 | 1 | 115 |
Means of ventilation provided, or improvement in ventilation made | 17 | 91 | 72 | 80 | 72 | ... | 23 | 6 | 361 |
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | 26 |
Cowsheds cleansed | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
Miscellaneous | 72 | 97 | 190 | 198 | 106 | 10 | 67 | 60 | 800 |
Drains tested |