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St George (Southwark) 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]

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Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
WILFRID HOUSE—Wall on roof broken down about 3 ft. long, seven courses high,
washhouse roof defective, accumulation of dust on roof, soil pipe inside of house and
ventilated by 4 in. pipe, stackpipe head choked, W.C. top floor clean.
No. 8.—Two rooms, two adults, five children, rooms clean, ceiling broken 1ft. over.
No. 7.—One room dirty, paper away from wall, roof over same leaky, two adults,
four children.
No. 6. —Two rooms clean, two adults, three children, small patch of ceiling down
lft. over, sink defective, causing soakage into No. 4.
No. 5.—One room clean, large quantity of ceiling down, about 10ft. by 4ft. 6-in.
waterpipe from sink defective, two adults, three children, part of ceiling came down
2 months, and other part five weeks back. W.C. 2nd floor clean, ceiling discoloured,
wall broken.
No. 4.—Two rooms clean, waterpipe from sink defective, two adults, four children.
No. 3.—One room clean, two adults, W.C. 1st floor, landing ceiling broken and
discoloured.
No. 2.—Occupied as hair dressers, ceiling broken, water coming through ceiling
from sink above (No. 4.)
No. 1.—Used as a store room.
Dust receptacle under stairs in front passage on ground floor in a cupboard, staircase
fairly clean, eeiling ground floor passage dirty and discoloured, passage foul,
occupiers of rooms complain of passage being used as an urinal.
W.C. pans since previous visit cleansed, dust being removed from roofs, W.C's.
clear, mattresses removed from yard, part of dust removed.
I am,
Yours obediently,
W. H. RALPH.
Sanitary Inspector,
No. 3 ward.