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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 1933

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1933

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Table: REGISTERED PREMISES—

REGISTERED PREMISES—

PremisesNumber on Register at end of 1933Number of InspectionsNumber of Prosecutions
Common Lodging Houses350–
Seamen's Lodging Houses315–
Milkshops298651–
Houses let in lodgings2001,734–
Ice Cream Premises133388–
Offensive Trades (including Poultry Slaughter-houses)14101–

Table: SMOKE NUISANCES-

SMOKE NUISANCES-

Number of observations67
Number of notices13
Number of complaints9
Number of summonsesNil

Table: UNDERGROUND ROOMS—

UNDERGROUND ROOMS—

Number illegally occupied16
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued2

Table: WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES-

WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES-

Premises supplied28
ProsecutionsNil

Table: SALE OF FOOD—

SALE OF FOOD—

Number of premises used other than ice-cream premises, milk shops and cowsheds637
Number of inspections3,281

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RAG FLOCK ACTS, 1911 AND 1928—
There are four premises in the District where rag flock is
used, and each of these premises was inspected twice during
the year, the total number of inspections being eight. There were
no prosecutions. Two samples of rag flock were taken, and found
to conform to the regulations.