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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 1928
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1928
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assiduity. Naked figures scarcely give any idea as to the enormous
amount of work involved. During the year suitable
accommodation has been found for 250 overcrowded families.
This seems and indeed is a small number, yet there is scarcely a
day of the week when the number of his callers has been less than
thirty, with his or more often her, pitiable tale of deplorable
conditions. Of these 250 families, 147 have been accommodated
on London County Council Estates, the remainder being found
suitable domiciles within the Borough.
Practically all the available vacant sites in the Borough
suitable for housing have been purchased and utilised already,
and in many cases houses and factories have been bought and
reconditioned and converted into flats for two or more families ;
in other cases houses have been leased and, after being put into
proper repair, have been used for the abatement of overcrowding.
Full particulars are given in the table below of the work done in
this direction since 1919 : —
New premises erected.
| No. of families accommodated. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Salisbury Street Area | 54 cottages | 54 |
| Rotherhithe Street | 10 „ | 10 |
| Brunel Road | 11 „ | 11 |
| „ „ | 4 bungalows | 4 |
| Albion Street | 5 cottages | 5 |
| „ „ | 1 bungalow | 1 |
| Paulin Street | 5 cottages | 5 |
| Orange Place | 3 „ | 3 |
| Corbett's Lane | 4 bungalows | 4 |
| Silver Street | 30 flats | 30 |
Premises purchased or leased and converted.
| Parish St. Institution | 47 flats | 47 |
| Grange Walk(1 factory) | 8 | 8 |
| The Grange (6 empty cottages) | (4 cottages and | 4 |
| (2 flats) | 2 | |
| Maze Pond(1 house) | 3 flats | 3 |
| Maze Pond Terrace(l house) | 2 „ | 2 |
| Old Kent Road (1 house) | 4 „ | 4 |
| Rotherhithe Street (3 houses) | 8 „ | 8 |
| Rotherhithe Old Road (1 house) | 4 „ | 4 |