Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1896
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The Court concurred in my recommendations,
and two additional Inspectors were
forthwith appointed.
We have now, therefore, six officers, and the
business of inspection is more efficiently performed,
the work being distributed as follows,
viz.: The Eastern Section of the Central
Market—The Western Section (including Cold
Air Stores at Smithfield and some Rabbit
Shops)—The Poultry and Provision Market—
The New Extension (including the present
Fish Market when converted for the sale of
Meat), and the Leadenhall and Aldgate
Markets, with the Slaughter Houses, Lairs
and Pounds at Aldgate, the Cold Air Stores in
Dowgate Hill, and at Paul's Wharf; and the
retail shops throughout the City.
Each of the above is assigned to an Inspector
who by a system of rotation changes his
district every month.
The five officers are under the general
supervision of the Senior Inspector, G. P.
Terrett, who in addition to his daily share in