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Bermondsey 1912

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. MerrymanMr. Toogood.Mr. Freeman.Mr. Bartlett.Mr. Pitts.Mr. Cockburn.Totals.
Houses or parts of houses cleansed or repaired3264033504994511543233982,904
W.C. accommodation provided or reconstructed5107...511231
W.C.s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed1001541255432346220581
Closets panned and trapped, or old pans cleansed or new ones fixed536387114102244240
Closets supplied with water, or defective water supplies remedied284141036551615277
Defective drains reconstructed, repaired, ventilated, and trapped26531154293548990562
Stopped drains and w.c.s cleared2238458741293310305
Yards and forecourts paved or paving repaired2260140152589614859735
Houses supplied with water...4175463...39
Defective roofs repaired11689851461645913178868
Defective rainshoots and gutters repaired, unstopped, or disconnected from drain795712768128308937615
Offensive accumulations removed1087138...16567
Defective water apparatus in w.c.s repaired355576...6926747342
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance removed141...213...12
Urinals cleansed, supplied with water and doors383772...1141
Stables and other premises drained and paved19......41...520
Waste-water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air, and new waste pipes provided3589111393694
Providing means of ventilation beneath ground floor1...3...11...28
Dung receptacles provided or repaired111...54...113
Accumulations of manure removed222...411315
Separating w.c. and domestic water supplies..................1...1
Effective means taken to prevent dampness3786561650274928349
Yards cleansed51678211...21115
Means of ventilation provided, or improvement in ventilation made1791728072...236361
Cisterns cleansed or covers provided121145...1226
Cowsheds cleansed.....................22
Miscellaneous7297190198106106760800
Drains tested