Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Vestry or District Board. | Rateable Value, 6th April, 1895. | Population, 6th April, 1895. | Rated houses, 6th April, 1895. | Number of Inspectors at date of last return, 10th Dec., 1894. | Number of Inspectors at present time. | Date of appointment of each Inspector. | Present Salary. | Whether Inspectors limited to the performance of any particular duty, if so, nature of such duty. | Remarks. |
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NORTH DISTRICT— | |||||||||
St. Pancras | 1,599,723 | 241,634 | 26,778 | 9 | 10 | July, 1874 | £150 p. ann. | Duties comprised in order of Local Government Board of 8th December, 1891. | In addition to the inspectors there are three disinfectors. |
June, 1878 | £150 p. ann. | ||||||||
Oct., 1885 | £180 p. ann. | The caretaker of mortuaries and disinfecting station is a statutory sanitary inspector, but has not been included among the sanitary inspectors as he docs not engage in actual inspectorial work. | |||||||
Nov., 1892 | £150 p. ann. | ||||||||
June, 1892 | £150 p. ann. | ||||||||
July, 1892 | £150 p. ann. | ||||||||
Oct., 1892 | £150 p. ann. | ||||||||
Nov., 1895 | £120 p. ann. | The clerical staff consists of a chief clerk, a senior clerk, three assistant clerks, a junior clerk, a temporary clerk and a messenger. | |||||||
Nov., 1895 | £120 p. ann. | Duties as above and to include workshops, &c. | |||||||
Nov., 1895 | £80 p. ann. | Female inspector with duties as above, and to include workshops, Ac. | |||||||
Stoke Newington | 194,823 | 31,815 | 5,066 | 2 | 2 and 1 | Mar., 1894 | £100 | Chief sanitary inspector | Also receives £200 per annum as surveyor. |
temporary | Mar., 1894 | £2 5s. p. week | Assistant sanitary inspector. | ||||||
inspector | July, 1894 | £2 per week | Appointed temporarily as "house to house" inspector. | ||||||
City | 4,178,433 | 36,439 (night population only) | 10,244 | 10 | 10 | Re - appointed annually in the month of February. | Three at commencing salary of £200 per ann. | First-class, rising to £250 | This return does not include keeper of mortuary, engineer for steam disinfector, and three sanitary labourers. |
Three at commencing salary of £140 per ann. | Second-class, rising to £200. | ||||||||
Four at £150 to £300 per ann. | Slaughter-houses and meat. | ||||||||
Clerkenwell | 379,250 | 64,387 | 6,796 | 2 | 3 | Aug., 1885 | £182 p. ann. | N° | The inspectors receive no clerical assistance. |
Jan., 1888 | £173 p. ann. | ||||||||
June, 1895 | £2 10s. p. wk. | ||||||||
Holborn | 390,396 | 32,591 | 3,152 | 2 and 1 assistant inspector | 3 | 13th June, 1892 | £140 p. ann. | A meat inspector has just been appointed; his duties commence Jan. 1st, 1896. | Clerical assistance provided. |
13th June, 1893 | £130 p. ann. | Street inspector and Smoke inspector provided in addition. There is also a man who attends to the mortuary and disinfecting of rooms. |