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Bermondsey 1927

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1927

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TABLE D.—PROCEEDINGS DURING 1927.
Premises
Number on
Register at
end of 1927
Number of
Inspections
Number of
Prosecutions
Cowsheds
-
-
-
Milkshops
200
662
-
Houses let in lodgings
220
449
-
Ice Cream Premises
114
207
-
Slaughter-houses
-
-
-
Offensive Trades (including Poultry
Slaughter-houses)
14
55
-

SMOKE NUISANCES—

Number of observations30
Number of notices7
Number of complaints6
Number of summonsNil

HOUSING—
Number of new houses erected during the year:-
(a) Total (including numbers given separately
under (b) )
139
(b) With State assistance under the Housing
Acts:—
(i.) By the Local Authority
35
(ii.) By other bodies or persons
86
(1) Unfit Dwelling Houses:—
Inspection—(i.) Total number of dwelling-houses
inspected for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts) 9,291
(ii.) Number of dwelling-houses (included
under sub-head (i.) above) which
were inspected and recorded under
the Housing Consolidated Regulations,
1925 3,908
(iii.) Number of dwelling-houses found
to be in a state so dangerous or injurious
to health as to be unfit for
human habitation Nil
(iv.) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive
of those referred to under the
preceding sub-head) found not to be
in all respects reasonably fit for
human habitation 3,802

TABLE D.—PROCEEDINGS DURING 1927.

PremisesNumber on Register at end of 1927Number of InspectionsNumber of Prosecutions
Cowsheds
Milkshops200662
Houses let in lodgings220449
Ice Cream Premises114207
Slaughter-houses
Offensive Trades (including Poultry Slaughter-houses)1455

HOUSING—

Number of new houses erected during the year:-
(a) Total (including numbers given separately under (b) )139
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts:—
(i.) By the Local Authority35
(ii.) By other bodies or persons86