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 1925
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Number of houses demolished—
(a) In pursuance of orders | Nil. |
(b) Voluntary | Nil. |
Number of houses repaired under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925 | 2990 |
Number of houses repaired by local authorities | 5 |
Number of houses closed on notice by owners that they could not be made fit | Nil. |
Total number of houses in the Borough | 18362 |
Number of houses occupied by the working classes | 18212 |
Number of houses for the working classes—
(a) Erected during the year | 10 |
(b) In course of erection | 6 |
UNDERGROUND ROOMS—
Number illegally occupied | 1 |
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued | Nil. |
OVERCROWDING—
Number of rooms overcrowded | Nil. |
Number remedied | Nil. |
Prosecutions | Nil. |
CLEANSING—
Number of adults cleansed | 78 |
Number of children cleansed | Nil. |
Number of rooms or premises cleansed | 2179 |
WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES—
Premises supplied | 49 |
Prosecutions | Nil. |
SALE OF FOOD—
Number of premises used other than ice-cream premises, milk shops and cowsheds | 594 |
Number of inspections | 2993 |