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 1915
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Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received
during the year ... ... ... ... ... ... —
Number of tenements for which certificates were
granted ... ... ... ... ... ... ... —
Number of tenements for which certificates were
deferred ... ... ... ... ... ... ... -
Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, Sec. 35—
Number of houses for which applications were received
during the year ... ... ... ... ... ...—
Number of houses for which certificates were granted ... —
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health
Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice,
salt, filth, etc ... ... ... ... ... —
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive
matter running out of any manufactory, etc. ... —
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a
manner as to be injurious to health ... ... —
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses ... —
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter,
etc ... ... ... ... ... ... ... —
(J) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of
refuse, etc ... ... ... ... ... ... —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc. ... —
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc. ... —
(t) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water
closets ... ... ... ... ... ...—
(j) With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management
Act, Sec. 202) ... ... ... ... ... —
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, etc.
(Metropolis Management Acts Amendment (Bylaws)
Act, 1899) ... ... ... ... ... —
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed ... ... ... ... 210
Total number of infectious bodies removed ... ... 5