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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 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: SANITARY OFFICERS

SANITARY OFFICERS

Metropolitan borough.Number of sanitary officers.Annual salary on 1st July, 1910.Other details.Census 1901.Houses let in lodgings.Duties of sanitary inspector.Assistants.Clerical staff.
Average per sanitary inspector.No. of bouses let in lodgings on the register.No. of times a year these houses are inspected.
Inspectors.Health visitors.
Inhabited housesTenements.Tenements under 5 roomsOvercrow det tenements.Population.Population in tenements under 5 rooms.Population in overcrowded tenements.
Men.Women.
Southwark1240Assistant to M. O. H. Food and drugs inspector.1,3923,1872,64154213,7459,8613,0711265At least four times a year. Many monthly, some weekly.The inspector who acts as assistant to the medical officer of health helps in supervising and co-ordinating the work of the inspectors. One acts as a Food and Drugs inspector. Nine inspectors have each an assigned district in which they art concerned with duties under the Public Health Act, and the inspection of factories and workshops. One inspector examines food at the wharves and at other places in the borough where it is stored. The woman chief inspector visits workshops and does special work. The two women inspectors visit houses let in lodgings, and premises where births have occurred.(a) 2 engineers.6
1220
1200(b) 10 disinfecting assistants.
5180
1170(c) 2 mortuary keepers, and a superintendent and his wife at reception house. The superintendent is concerned with infectious disease.
2150
1190Also receives £10 p.a. as assistant under unsound food regulations. Chief woman inspector.
1180
2160
(d) 1 assistant drain tester.
123-(e) 1 woman attendant for cleansing verminous children.
Stepney6250Also receives £11 ½ for work under unsound food regulations.1,7483,3952,73291916,58911,6225,5102798Some of the best are only visited once or twice a year Others are visited practically every month.Fifteen have each an allotted district, and are concerned with duties arising under the Public Health, Factory and Workshop and Foot and Drugs Acts. These inspectors supervise the construction of drainage work in old as well as new houses as far as the front wall of the house. One inspector has also duties under the Canal Boats Act. Two are concerned with houses let in lodgings. One inspects food stuffs landed on wharves. One health visitor.(a) 14 disinfecting and genera] assistants.8
1218½
1230
3220
4200
1170
2150
1100
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Stoke Newing-ton1220Receives also £90 p.a. as health visitor.2,5723,9411,93816617,0826,204945273All once, some twice annually-Each of the two inspectors has an assigned district in which he carries out general sanitary duties. The woman inspector also acts as health visitor. In the former capacity she inspects workshops and workrooms where women arc employed, homes of outworkers, and houses let in lodgings. As health visitor she does work under the Notification of Births Act assisted by six voluntary workers.(a) 1 disinfecting assistant. ■1
1195
1*30
2*1*
Wandsworth9200Three of these inspectors also receive £1 per annum each under the Canal Boats Acts.2,9053,8271,61911717,8495,871795268Twice and more frequently if there be any special reason.Ten have each an assigned district in which they carry out duties under the Public Health Act, including all by-laws and repair of drains and sanitary fittings. They also take samples under the Food and Drugs Acts if required. Three have additional duties under the Canal Boats Act for which a separate allowance is made. One carries out duties under the Food and Drugs Act over the whole borough, inspects meat, and performs special duties under the Public Health Act as required. Two women inspectors are chiefly occupied in visiting laundries and workshops which employ female labour. They also visit houses after a notification of a birth.(a) 10 disinfec-ting assistants.4
118 4/20Also receives £25 per annum as health visitor.(b) 3 mortuary keepers.
116 4/20
1 1125
1120 5/6Also receives £24 1/6 per annum as health visitor.
11†2-
Westminster, City of72201,5303,4372,22236215,2516,9691,98814812963 inspections were made in 1909.Note.—The drainage work in both old and new houses is performed by four inspectors under the control of the surveyor. Eight district inspectors. Two perform duties under the Food and Drugs Acts, abatement of smbke nuisances, inspection of street markets, slaughterhouses offensive trades, cowhouses, and inspection of food generally. The two women inspectors are engaged in the inspection of workshops, workplaces, etc., where female labour is employed, and also they inspect houses let in lodgings. Note.—The appointment of a health visitor is under cons ideation.(a) 8 disinfec-tors.5
2200
1150
1160(6) 2 drain testing assistants.
1150
102(c) 1 mortuary keeper and 2 assistants.
(d) 1 woman in charge of shelter and 1 cleaner.
* Dual appointment approved by Local Government Board †There are also four inspectors under the control of the Surveyor concerned with drains and sanitary fittings in old and new houses.