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London County Council 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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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. | ||||||||
| £ | SOUTH DISTRICT—Continued. | ||||||||
| Lambeth | 1,466,257 | 275,203 | 38,556 | 8 | 8 | June, 1864 | £250 p. ann. | No. | |
| May, 1869 | £'170 p. ann. | ||||||||
| July, 1871 | £170 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Oct., 1890 | £140 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Oct., 1890 | £140 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Oct., 1890 | £140 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Oct., 1890 | £140 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Aug., 1892 | £150 p. ann. | Smoke nuisances: Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. | |||||||
| Lee District | 263,480 | 36,103 | 5,915 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Charlton | 61,128 | 11,742 | 1,818 | 1 | 1 | 16th Mar., 1892 | £2 p. wk. | No | Charlton parish. The inspector receives no clerical assistance. The opening of drains and removal of dust is superintended by the foreman of roads. |
| Eltham | 48,406 | 5,682 | 1,025 | 1 | 1 | Nov., 1886 | £75 p. ann. | Eltham parish. Acts also as road foreman. The inspector occasionally receives clerical assistance in the keeping of registers and preparation of notices. | |
| Lee | 123,319 | 16,381 | 2,799 | 1 | 1 | July, 1892 | £3 p. wk. | General inspector | Lee and Kidbrooke parishes. Superintends opening of existing drains; but not the removal of dust. No clerical assistance provided. |
| Kidbrooke | 20,627 | 2,298 | 273 | ||||||
| Lewisham | 591,910 | 92,647 | 15,866 | 3 and 2 temporary inspectors | 6 | Mar., 1879 | £130 p. ann. | No. | |
| May, 1888 | £130 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Aug., 1893 | £100 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Aug., 1893 | £100 p. ann. | ||||||||
| June, 1894 | £120 p. ann. | ||||||||
| June, 1894 | £100 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Newington | 455,895 | 115,804 | 13,198 | 2 | 5 | 19th May, 1869 | £200 p. ann. | No | Clerical assistance provided. |
| 18th Dec., 1889 | £135 p. ann. | ||||||||
| 27th June, 1894 | £100 p. ann. | ||||||||
| 27th June, 1894 | £100 p. ann. | ||||||||
| 27th June, 1894 | £100 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Assistant sanitary inspector | To assist inspector having St. Peter's ward, which is double the size of the other wards. | ||||||||
| Plumstead | 152,450 | 52,436 | 8,629 | 4 | 4 | Jan., 1890 | £150 p. ann. | Chief inspector supervising other inspectors. Giving certificates as to water supply for new houses, <fcc. | Clerical assistance Tendered by clerk to Public Health Department. |
| Jan., 1894 | £104p.ann. | General duties. District divided between them. | |||||||
| Jan., 1894 | £104p.ann. | ||||||||
| May, 1890 | £62 8s. ann. | Devotes whole time to supervision of collection of dust. | |||||||
| Hotherhithe | 206,479 | 39,255 | 5,242 | 1 and 2 temporary inspectors | 1 chief and 1 assistant | Jan., 1894 | £200 p. ann. | Acts as inspector under Food and Drugs Acts; as inspector of smoke nuisances; streets inspector and superintendent of dust collection. | Clerical assistance provided. |
| Jan., 1876 | £3 10s. p. wk. | Carries out the orders of chief inspector. | |||||||
| St. George the Martyr | 269,242 | 59,712 | 6,946 | 2 and 1 assistant inspector | 4 | Nov., 1865 | £210 p. ann. | General duties; but the chief inspector carries out the provisions of the Food and Drugs Acts. | There is also a disinfector at 35s. per week, and an assistant disinfector at 28s. per week, who also attends to mortuary and coroner's court. |
| Dec., 1886 | £150 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Dec., 1893 | £120 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Dec., 1893 | £120 p. ann. | ||||||||
| A youth at 25s. per week acts as sanitary clerk. | |||||||||
| St. Olave | 201,317 | 12,723 | 2,083 | 1 | 1 | 15th Mar., 1892 | £160 p. ann. rising £10 yearly to £200 p. an. | No. Does duty under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. | The inspector receives no clerical assistance. |
| St. Saviour | 335,251 | 27,177 | 2,733 | 2 | 2 | •July, 1889 | £130 p. ann. | The duties of these inspectors are limited to work under the Public | Uniform, house, firing and gas provided. |
| Wandsworth | 1,020,818 | 156,942 | 25,350 | 8 and 3 assistant inspectors | 13 | fJan., 1892 | £150 p. ann. | Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Food and Drugs Acts. | †Uniform provided. The inspectors receive no clerical assistance. |
| Clapham Parish | 261,613 | 43,698 | 6,994 | 3 | 3 | April, 1884 | £3 3.s. p. wk. | No | The senior inspector has charge of the work in connection with infectious diseases. The junior inspector has charge of the inspection of new house drains. Otherwise there is no definite division of their duties. |
| Aug,, 1889 | £2 17s. p.wk. | ||||||||
| Dec., 1891 | £2 9s. p. wk. | ||||||||
| The inspectors receive no clerical assistance. | |||||||||
| S treat ham and | 309,927 | 42,972 | 7,048 | 2 and 1 assistant inspector | 5 (1 chief and 4 assistants | Dec., 1891 | £2 10s. p. wk. | No | No clerical assistance provided. |
| July, 1893 | £2 5s. p. wk. | ||||||||
| July, 188-' | £115s. p. wk. | ||||||||
| Nov., 1893 | £110s. p. wk. | No. | |||||||
| Tooting | 26,690 | 5,784 | 1,085 | 1 J | July, 1884 | £1 10s. p. wk. | Dust iuspector. | ||
| Putney | 157,442 | 17,771 | 2,967 | 1 | 1 | 2nd Sept., 1889 | £3 p. wk. | No. | |