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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.
Population.Inhabited houses.
£EAST DISTRICT.NoThree inspectors have a district under their care. Clerical assistance provided.
Bethnal.green428,711129,13216,54234Mar., 1862£200 p. ann.
Jan., 1886£200 p. ann.
Mar., 1890£200 p. ann.
Nov., 1893£120 p. ann.Factory and workshops inspector.
Limehouse286,22657,3767,141331856£3 14s. 11d. per weekNoClerical assistance provided.
1890£150 p. ann.
1894£2 2s. p. wk.
Mile-end-Old-town378,255107,59214,066331884£200 p. ann.General duties, and duties in connection with the Food and Drugs Acts.Each inspector is responsible for a district. Clerical assistance provided.
May, 189S£120 each, rising by £10 annually to £150NoTwo men are engaged in assisting the inspectors in drain testing, &c. There are also 4 men employed in disinfecting.
Poplar707,100166,74821,9824 and 17Oct., 1871£250 p. ann.*Yes. Inspection of nuisances in manufactories, canal boats, and under Factory and Workshops Act.The first three inspectors were reappointed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in June, 1893. Clerical assistance provided by three sanitary clerks.
temporaryFeb.. 1890£150 p. ann.
inspectorFeb., 1890£150 p. ann.
June, 1893£130 p. ann.
June, 1893£130 p. ann.
July, 1893£130 p. ann.
Nov., 1893£130 p. ann.
St. George-in-the-East191,63145,7955,29633Sept., 1887£165 p. ann.No.Each inspector is responsible for a district. Clerical assistance provided.
Feb., 1890£ 140 p. ann.
June, 1892£120 p. ann.
Shoreditch660,718124,00913,76844Dec., 1873£200 p. ann.The first inspector has general superintendence of other inspectors and of houses let in lodgings which are under by.laws.Each of the last three inspectors has a district of the parish under his care. One inspector is specially appointed to carry out the Food and Drugs Acts. Clerical assistance provided.
Oct., 1884. £150 p. ann.
April, 1892£130 p. ann.
Mar., 1892£115 p. ann.
Whitechapel391,91573,5527,22944 and 120th July, 1863 £190 p. ann.General duties; but senior inspector performs, in addition, duties under the Food and Drugs Acts.In addition there is also an office clerk at 20s. per week, and two men who perform disinfection work at an average salary of £2 per week each.
assistant26th Nov.. 1883 £140 p. ann.
inspector5th Jan., 1891 £140 p. ann.
18th July, 1892 £130 p. ann.
12th Aug., 1893 30s. p. wk.
SOUTH DISTRICT.
Battersea795,864150,55820,7795 and 2 appointments pending1 chief and 9th Mar., 1892 6 district inspectors£170 p. ann. rising by £10 p. ann. to £200.NoThe first three inspectors were reappointed under the Public Health
Nov., 1884£115 p. ann.,(London) Act, 1891, in March, 1892.
rising by £5 p. ann. to £130.Inspectors perform duties in connection with the Food and Drugs Acts, Margarine Act, &c.
July, 1892£115 do.Clerical assistance provided (two clerks). Four disinfectors and drain testers.
Mar., 1893£110 do.
Mar., 1893£110 do.
Mar., 1893£110 do.
July, 1893£110 do.
Bermondsey416,10284,68211,15224April, 1876£350 p. ann.NoAlso a clerk at 20s. per week.
April, 1892£150 p. ann.
July, 1893£130 p. ann.
June, 1893£100 p. ann.
Camberwell993,060235,34433,8499141878£3 per weekOne is limited to inspection of houses let in lodgings.The parish is divided into five districts, two inspectors working in each, one having charge of complaints and reconstruction of drains, and the other infectious diseases and house to house inspection. There is also a clerk at £2 5s. per week employed in connection with the notification of infectious diseases, and four men employed on special work of disinfecting.
1884£3 per week
1887£3 per week
1888£215s. p. wk.
1889£210s. p. wk.
1890£2 10s. p. wk.
1891£2 5s. p. wk.
1891£2 5s. p. wk.
1892£2 5s. p. wk.
1892£2 5s. p. wk.
1892£2 5s. p. wk.
1892£2 5s. p. wk.
1892£2 5s. p. wk.
1893£2 5s. p. wk.
Greenwich District847,598165,41324,7435 and 1 assistant8 and 1 disinfector
Greenwich293,53957,2408,9872 and 1 assistant3 and 1 disinfectorAug., 1890£175 p. ann.General duties,and performs duties under the Food and Drugs Acts. General duties.The inspectors receive no clerical assistance.
May, 1892£150 p. ann.
June, 189;£125 p. ann.Infectious disease (whole time). Disinfector.
Feb., 1892£91 p. ann.
Deptford554,059108,17315,75635May, 1881£150 p. ann.General duties, with the exception of one of the inspectors who performs the duties in connection with infectious disease and the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.The inspectors receive no clerical assistance.
Oct., 1891£150 p. ann.
Feb., 1893£125 p. ann.
Feb., 1894£125 p. ann.
May, 1894£125 p. ann.