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London County Council 1894

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

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Table: Sanitary inspectors—Particulars of appointments and duties—(continued).

Sanitary inspectors—Particulars of appointments and duties—(continued).

Vestry or District Board.Rateable Value.Census Report, 1891 (Vol. II.)Number of Inspectors at date of last return, 24th April, 1893.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.
PopulationInhabited houses.
Hammersmith₤WEST DISTRICT—Continued.These appointments were made by the late Fulham District Board. The actual date of the appointments by the Hammersmith Vestry is 26th March, 1886.
523,14997,23914,0495 and 1 vacancy616th Dec., 1874£2 5s. p. wkDistrict assigned.
20th May, 1884£2 5s. p. wkDistrict assigned.
8th May, 1880£2 5s. p. wkYes. Removal of dust, and Food and Drugs Act.
15th April,1884£2 5s. p. wkDistrict assigned.Do. Do. 12th May, 1886.
16th Jan., 1893£2 5s. p. wk.House to house inspector.Clerical assistance provided. 2 clerks.
16th Mar., 1893£2 5s. p. wk.District assigned.
Kensington2,064,075166,30822,08467May, 1878£125 p. ann.There are also two street inspectors whose duties include collection of samples of food, drugs and drink and inspection of mews and stables. One appointed Nov., 1890, at £78 and now receiving £90 per annum; the other appointed August, 1892, at £85 per annum.
June, 1891£115~Rising by annual increments of £5 to £120.*Visits all cases of infectious disease and superintends all disinfection with assistance of a disinfector. He is also responsible for the inspection of a small part of the parish.
Aug., 1892£110
Aug., 1892£110
Dec., 1893*£100
June, 1894£105
June, 1894£2 a week for a period of l2months-
There are also two female inspectors whose duty it is to visit workshops, work places and laundries where women are employed. One appointed Oct., 1893, at £60 and now receiving £75 per annum; the other appointed June, 1894, at £60 per annum.
Paddington1,251,371117,84614,473334th Mar., 1873£200 and an additional sum of £10 for duties in connection withGeneral duties. The inspection of canal boats is exclusively performed by the inspector appointed in 1873.The parish is divided into three districts; each inspector being responsible for one. There is also a man employed to fumigate rooms and for disinfection of small articles of clothing.
16th July, 1889 6th July, 1891canal boats £150 p. ann. £120 p. ann.The inspectors receive no clerical assistance.
St. George, Hanover-sq.1,716,45578,36411,20423June, 1891£200 p. ann.NoThe inspectors receive no clerical assistance.
July, 1892£120 p. ann. rising to £150 p. a.
May, 1893£150 p. ann.
St. James, Westminster725,74824,9952,59222April, 1877 May, 1891£175 p. ann. £140 p. ann.NoThe inspectors receive clerical assistance.
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster805,33855,5395,5833313th Mar., 1889£170 p. ann. rising to £200 p. a.
9th Mar., 1892£160 p. ann. rising to £200 p. a.NoClerical assistance provided.
28th June, 1893£130 p. ann. rising to £200 p. a.
NORTH DISTRICT.
Hackney983,888198,60628,4224 and 1vacancy, also 2 temporary inspectors4 and 3 temporary inspectorsOct., 1873£130 p. ann.ComplaintsClerical assistance provided.
Jan., 1881£106 10s. p.a.Inspection of premises in which infectious diseases occur.
Feb., 1883£10610s. p. a.Complaints and Food and Drugs Acts.
April, 1891£92 1s. 8d. p. ann.Complaints and inspection of canal-boats.
*17th May, 1893£104 p. ann.1. Inspection of premises after infectious disease.*Temporary inspectors.
*23rd Apr.,1893£104 p. ann.
*23rd Apr.,1893£104 p. ann.2. Do. do.3. Inspection of workshops, bakehouses, &c.
Hampstead663,75268,4169,51744March, 1881£200 p. ann.Senior inspector—Management of summary proceedings, clerical work, duties in connection with infectious diseases, disinfection, cow-houses, slaughter-houses, bakehouses and dairies, factories and workshops, and smoke consumption
Feb., 1892£120 p. annDivisional inspectors.
Sept., 1892£110 p. annThe parish is divided into districts, each inspector being responsible in his own district for such duties as are not specified for senior inspector.
Sept., 1892£110 p. ann.