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fact that Inspecor Emblin's appointment had not been filled,
and that, consequently, the Borough's Sanitary Inspectorial
Staff was still short by one Inspector, and that the London
County Council might, at any time, point this fact out to
the Borough Council. In that Report, I recommended the
appointment of an extra Female Inspector, and the Public
Health Committee expressed the opinion that such an extra
Female Inspector should be appointed by the Borough Council,
and referred the matter to the General Purposes Committee
to deal with, and to bring up a recommendation to the
Council in due course (vide Minutes, 1904, page 1053). The
General Purposes Committee did not appear to consider such
an appointment necessary, as they brought up no recommendation
to the Council. In this way, Inspector Emblin's
vacancy has not yet been filled, and the Inspectorial Staff
to-day (1905) remains the same as it was in 1902, when he
resigned.
The last Report of the London County Council (June,
1904), dealing with the different Metropolitan (Sanitary) Inspectorial
Staffs, gives an average for London of 14,494
persons, and 1,827 inhabited houses to each Sanitary Inspector.
Compared with Metropolitan Districts of about the same
size, Lambeth Borough, judged by the London County Council
averages, gives results, thus:—