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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Number of Sanitary Inspectors. | Average number of houses to each Sanitary Inspector, 1895. | Average number of inhabitants to each Sanitary Inspector, 1895. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent. | Temporary. | Total. | |||
| St. Giles | 5 | — | 806 | 7,578 | |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 1 | 1 | 2 | 746 | 6,560 |
| Strand | 3 | — | 3 | 1,093 | 8,008 |
| Holborn | 3 | — | 3 | 1,051 | 10,864 |
| Clerkenwell | 3 | — | 3 | 2,265 | 21,462 |
| St. Luke | 2 | — | 2 | 2,158 | 20,160 |
| London, City of | 10 | — | 10 | 1,024 | 3,644 |
| Shoreditch | 5 | — | 51 | 3,071 | 24,076 |
| Bethnal Green | 6 | — | 6* | 2,593 | 21,171 |
| Whitechapel | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1,139 | 12,391 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 3 | — | 3 | 1,780 | 14,754 |
| Limehouse | 3 | — | 3 | 2,495 | 18,611 |
| Mile End Old Town | 3 | — | 3 | 4,950 | 36,203 |
| Poplar | — | 7 | 3,324 | 24,328 | |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 2 | — | 2 | 1,382 | 12,184 |
| St. George, Southwark | 4 | — | 4 | 1,503 | 13,999 |
| Newington | — | 6 | 2,295 | 19,221 | |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 1 | — | 1 | 1,081 | 10,967 |
| Bermondsey | 4 | — | 4 | 2,670 | 20,804 |
| Rotherhithe | 2 | — | 2 | 2,685 | 18,960 |
| Lambeth | 8 | — | 8 | 5,187 | 35,408 |
| Battersea | 7 | — | 7 | 3,214 | 23,022 |
| Wandsworth | 14 | — | 14 | 2,123 | 12,740 |
| Camberwell | 12 | — | 12 | 3,071 | 20,359 |
| Greenwich | 9 | — | 9 | 2,921 | 18,911 |
| Lewisham | 6 | — | 6 | 3,071 | 16,712 |
| Woolwich | 3 | — | 3* | 1,844 | 13,993 |
| Plumstead | 3 | — | 3 | 3,137 | 19,163 |
| Lee | 3 | — | 3 | 2,201 | 12,916 |
| London | 224 | 7 | 231 | 2,545 | 18,706 |
Districts mentioned in Schedule C of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855—
| Close of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster | 1 | — | 1 | 28 | 235 |
| Gray's Inn | 1 | — | 1 | 51 | 248 |
| Inner Temple | 1 | — | 1 | 47 | 88 |
| Middle Temple | 1 | — | 1 | 75 | 96 |
| Lincoln's Inn | 1 | — | 1 | 35 | 30 |
| Staple Inn | |||||
| Furnival's Inn | 1 | — | 1 | 68 | 252 |
| Liberty of the Charterhouse |
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 liave 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.
* Including one appointment not filled up at the time of this return.