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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 1931
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1931
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as the Hickman's Folly area. The estate is called the Dickens
Estate
28 flats, Dombey House, Dockhead ;
34 flats, Oliver House, Flockton Street ;
52 flats, Pickwick House, George Row.
At the end of the year, two further blocks on this estate
were practically completed, 6 flats at Dombey House and 31 flats
at Copperfield House.
In addition to the above, several blocks of flats and houses have been erected by private enterprise since 1919, and these comprise the following :—
| Year | Situation of property | No. of houses | No. of flats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 28/29 George Row | 2 | – |
| 1922 | 11 Upper Russell Street | 1 | – |
| – | 50 Larnaca Street | 1 | – |
| 1925 | 66/88 Tower Bridge Road | — | 12 |
| 1926 | 65a to 65e The Grange | 6 | – |
| 171 Grange Road | 1 | — | |
| 1927 | 129 a to 129g Brunei Road | 7 | – |
| 22/24 Pages Walk | 2 | – | |
| 1928 | 11/17 Boss Street | — | 4 |
| 56 Neptune Street | 1 | — | |
| 1929 | 69/69b Snowsfields | – | 3 |
| 1930 | 18a Lower Road | 1 | – |
| 1931 | 1/12 Murdock House, Moodkee Street | – | 12 |
| 1/6 Clegg House, Moodkee Street | – | 6 | |
| 1/12 Neptune House, Neptune Street | – | 12 | |
| 1/8 Huxley Tenements, Paradise Street | – | 8 | |
| Empire House, Tooley Street | – | 1 | |
| Totals | 22 | 58 |