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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
London County Council 1895
[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, 1896. | 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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| SOUTH DISTRICT—Continued. | |||||||||
| St. George the Martyr | 278,977 | 55,996 | 6,012 | 4 | 4 | Nov., 1865 | £210 p. ann. | General duties; but the chief inspector carries out the provisions of the Food and Drugs Acts. | There is also a disinfector at 37s. 6d. per week, and an assistant disinfector at 27s. per week, who also attends to mortuary and coroner's court. |
| Dec., 1886 | £150 p. anu. | ||||||||
| Dec., 1893 | £135 p. ann. | ||||||||
| April, 1895 | £120 p. ann. | ||||||||
| A youth at 25s. per week acts as sanitary clerk. | |||||||||
| St. Olave | 204,591 | 10,967 | 1,081 | 15th Mar., 1892 | £200 p. ann. | No. Does duty under Sale of Food and and Drugs Acts. | The inspector receives no clerical assistance. | ||
| St. Saviour | 344,976 | 24,369 | 2,765 | 2 | 2 | July, 1889 | £165 p. ann. | The duties of these inspectors are limited to work under the Public | The inspectors receive no clerical assistance. |
| 12th Dec., 1894 | £150 p. ann. | Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Food and Drugs Acts. | |||||||
| Wandsworth | 1,161,123 | 178,356 | 29,723 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| 287,180 | 47,058 | 7,857 | 3 | 3 | April, 1884 | £3 3s. p. wk. | No | The senior inspector has charge of the work in connection with infectious diseases. | |
| Aug., 1889 | £3 p. wk. | ||||||||
| Dec., 1891 | £2 16s. p. wk. | The junior inspector has charge of the inspection of new house drains. Otherwise there is no definite division of their duties. | |||||||
| The inspectors receive no clerical assistance. | |||||||||
| 367,777 | 51,413 | 8,667 | 5 (1 chief and 4 assistants) | 5 (1 chief and 4 assistants) | Dec., 1891 | £2 15s. p. wk. | No | No clerical assistance provided. | |
| July, 1893 | £2 10s. p. wk. | ||||||||
| 32,667 | 1,241 | July, 1883 | £1 15s. p. wk. | ||||||
| Nov., 1893 | £1 15s. p. wk. | ||||||||
| July, 1884 | £1 13s. p. wk. | Dust inspector. | |||||||
| 172,186 | 19,856 | 3,361 | 1 | 1, and 1 assistant inspector | 2nd Sept., 1889 | £3 p. wk. | No. | ||
| lst Jan., 1894 | £2 p. wk. | Drain inspection. | |||||||