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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 1937
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1937
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WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES—
| Premises supplied | 25 |
| Prosecutions | Nil |
SALE OF FOOD—
| Number of premises used other than ice-cream premises, milk shops and cowshed | 632 |
| Number of inspections | 2,008 |
RAG FLOCK ACT, 1911 AND PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON)
ACT, 1936:—
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.
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919 —
No notices were served under this Act.
WATER SUPPLY—
Most of the houses in the borough have the water supply
either on the ground floor or in the yard, and many of these
houses are inhabitated by more than one family. Water
supply has been installed on one of the storeys of 25 tenement
houses, after service of notices.
WATER CLOSET ACCOMMODATION—
Every inhabited house in the borough has one water-closet,
which is, in many cases, shared by two or more families. Many
of the flats have one water-closet to two families.
SCHOOLS—
The sanitary accommodation in each of the schools has
been inspected twice during the year, and in one instance the
attention of the appropriate authority was drawn to defects
discovered by inspection.