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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 1934

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1934

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Table: REGISTERED PREMISES—

REGISTERED PREMISES—

PremisesNumber on Register at end of 1934Number of InspectionsNumber of Prosecutions
Common Lodging Houses365–
Seamen's Lodging Houses25–
Milkshops298552–
Houses let in lodgings1,5785,737–
Ice Cream Premises122493–
Offensive Trades (including Poultry Slaughter-houses)1489–

Table: SMOKE NUISANCES—

SMOKE NUISANCES—

Number of observations69
Number of notices10
Number of complaints8
Number of summonsesNil

Table: UNDERGROUND ROOMS—

UNDERGROUND ROOMS—

Number illegally occupied9
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued7

Table: WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES

WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES

Premises supplied36
ProsecutionsNil

Table: SALE OF FOOD –

SALE OF FOOD –

Number of premises used other than ice-cream premises, milk shops and cowsheds651
Number of inspections1,710

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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.