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The proportion of Inspectors to Overcrowded Tenements is greater
in the following 19 Boroughs than in Islington:—Battersea, Bermondsey,
Camberwell, Chelsea, Deptford, Fulham, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith,
Hampstead, Kensington, Lewisham, Paddington, Southwark, Stoke
Newington, Wandsworth, Westminster, Woolwich, and the City.
The proportion of Inspectors to Total Population is greater in the
following '20 Boroughs than in Islington:—Battersea, Bermondsey,
Bethnal Green, Deptford, Finsbury, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith,
Hampstead, Holborn, Kensington, Lewisham, Paddington, Marylebone,
St. Pancras, Southwark, Stepney, Westminster, Woolwich, and the City.
The proportion of Inspectors to Population Residing in Tenements
under 5 Rooms is greater in the following 22 Boroughs than in
Islington:—Battersea, Bermondsey, Camberwell, Chelsea, Deptford,
Finsbury, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Holborn,
Kensington, Lewisham, Paddington, Marylebone, St. Pancras, Southwark,
Stoke Newington, Wandsworth, Westminster, Woolwich, and the City.
From these facts it is apparent that the statement so often made that
your Borough is overstaffed with Inspectors is most misleading, for they show
that out of the 29 Metropolitan Boroughs Islington only ranks—
15th in proportion to Inhabited Houses.
22nd in proportion to All tenements.
22nd in proportion to Tenements of under 5 rooms.
20th in proportion to Overcrowded tenements.
21st in proportion to Population.
23rd in proportion to Population (in tenements under 5 rooms).
20th in proportion to Population (in overcrowded tenements).
These are important matters for consideration when inquiring into the
numerical strength of the sanitary staff. It is true that the actual number of
Inspectors in Islington is greater than in any London district, but it must be
remembered that Islington possesses not only the largest population but also
the largest number of houses and tenements, and,' therefore, must, other
considerations apart, require a larger number of Sanitary Officers. At one
period Islington stood nearly at the top of the list of London Sanitary areas in
the number of its inspectorial staff, but that cannot be said of it now, for
although new duties have devolved on it, the staff has not been increased to
meet its new obligations.
At the present time it is contemplated to—
(a) Largely increase the number of samples of food and drugs taken
under the Adulteration Acts;