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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 1947

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1947

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Table: HOUSING ACT, 1936—OVERCROWDING. No general figures on overcrowding are available, but the following new cases of overcrowding have been encountered during the year:—

HOUSING ACT, 1936—OVERCROWDING. No general figures on overcrowding are available, but the following new cases of overcrowding have been encountered during the year:—

In private dwellings116
In Bermondsey Borough Council dwellings44
In London County Council dwellings31
Total191

Table: ERADICATION OF BED BUGS. The following table shows the fumigations carried out during 1947:—

ERADICATION OF BED BUGS. The following table shows the fumigations carried out during 1947:—

InfestedDisinfested
Council houses or flats132132
Other houses or flats194194

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INSPECTIONS, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.
Hereunder will be found particulars of Inspections, Proceedings,
etc., for the year 1947: —
Inspection of Dwelling-Houses during the Year:—
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 6,186
(b) Number of Inspections made for the purpose 26,294
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under
sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations,l925 and 1932 718
(b) Number of Inspections made for the purpose 718
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit
for human habitation Nil