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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1915
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1915
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TABLE T.—Proceedings during 1915.
| Premises. | Number of Places. | Number of Inspections, 1915. | Number of Notices, 1915. | Number of Prosecutions, 1915. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1914, | Added in 1915. | Removed in 1915. | On Register at end of 1915. | ||||
| Milk premises | 278 | 30 | 55 | 253 | 768 | 20 | ... |
| Cowsheds | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
| Slaughter-houses | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 20 | ... | ... |
| Other offensive trade premises. | 13 | ... | ... | 13 | 236 | 17 | ... |
| Ice-cream premises | 113 | ... | 11 | 102 | 110 | 11 | ... |
| Registered houses let in lodgings. | 223 | ... | ... | 223 | 446 | *34 | |
| *133 | |||||||
*(a) For overcrowding.
* (b) For other conditions.
Total number of Intimation Notices served for all
purposes 4,356
Overcrowding, 1915 —
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 47
Number remedied 47
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year ... ... 1
Number of rooms closed ... ... ... ... ... —
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, etc.,
Act, 1909... ... ... ... ... ... ... —
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health Act,
1891—
Number of persons accommodated ... ... ... —