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London County Council 1894

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

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Number of Sanitary Inspectors.No. of inhabited houses to each Sanitary Inspector.No. of inhabitants to each Sanitary Inspector.
Permanent.Temporary.Total.
Central—
St. Giles5—57467,956
St. Martin-in-the-Fields1127387,308
Strand6—63584,187
Holborn3—311,14611,162
Clerkenwell2—23,15833,108
St. Luke2—21,97521,220
London, City of10—105753,750
East—
Shoreditch4—_43,44231,002
Bethnal Green4—44,13532,283
Whitechapel4151,44614,710
St. George-in-the-East3—31,76515,265
Limehouse3—32,38019,125
Mile End Old Town3—34,68935,864
Poplar7—73,14022,392
South—
St. Saviour, Southwark2—21,36713,588
St. George, Southwark4—41,73614,928
Newington5—52,63923,160
St. Olave, Southwark1—12,08312,723
Bermondsey4—42,79026,170
Rotherhithe2—22,62119,627
Lambeth8—_84,81934,400
Battersea7—72,96821,508
Wandsworth13—131,95012,072
Camberwell14—142,41816,810
Greenwich8192,74918,379
Lewisham6—_62,64415,441
Woolwich3—31,75313,616
Plumstead4—42,15713,109
Lee3—31,97212,034
London21182192,50519,320

Table: Districts mentioned in Schedule C of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855—

Districts mentioned in Schedule C of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855—

Close of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster1125235
Gray's Inn1—149258
Inner Temple1—13996
Middle Temple1—13095
Lincoln's Inn1—11227
Staple Inn Furnival's Inn Liberty of the Charterhouse1—124251
6—630160

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In connection with the sanitary administration of the places mentioned in Schedule C of the
Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, inspectors have been appointed as follows—
One of the sanitary inspectors of the district of Westminster acts also for the Collegiate Church
of St. Peter, Westminster. For the purposes of Gray's Inn the medical officer of health holds also the
office of sanitary inspector. A sanitary inspector of the district of Clerkenwell acts also for the district
of Furnival's Inn, Staple Inn and Liberty of the Charterhouse. Sanitary inspectors have also been
appointed at nominal salaries to the districts of Lincoln's Inn and the Inner and Middle Temples. In
the last instance the surveyor holds the office.
Shirley F. Murphy,
Medical Officer of Health.
* One street inspector is also employed.